Leaving the Mausoleum

The brief crease between Evelyn's brows had nothing to do with seeing Damon or Camilla downstairs. What hit her was a bitter, freezing echo from her previous life—the final exchange she had overheard right before dying.

Right before the end back then, father and son had stood in that exact formation, gathered protectively around Camilla. Even now, the memory sent an icy chill through her.

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