"Welcome to the Grand Tailor on Avenue, Miss Miretti," the shop manager said, bowing with deep respect. "Our private fitting rooms and finest fabrics are ready."Angela Miretti walked across the floor, holding Ethan Sanders gently by the arm. She looked at the neat rows of coats, smiling with warmth

Ethan lowered his phone, his mind turning over the alert Silas had given. Someone in this vast capital city already knew he had come to search for his mother."The elders of the northern clan must have placed eyes inside the city offices," Ethan thought. "They knew my mother had a child, and they ar

"How dare that dirty bureaucrat tear your paper and throw the pieces at your feet!" Angela shouted, slamming her porcelain cup onto the wooden coffee table. Tea sloshed over the saucer as she paced across the penthouse living room, her eyes blazing with fury.Ethan sat back on the soft sofa, adjusti

Inside the quiet hotel penthouse suite, the sharp ringing of Angela Miretti’s smartphone shattered the peaceful silence of the early hour.Angela picked up the phone from the glass bedside table, pressing the receiver to her ear with a weary sigh. "Green, what is the situation at the river bridge? D

The sedan smashed hard against the concrete divider with a loud screech of bending metal. The front bumper crumpled inward as the airbags deployed with a sharp pop, filling the car with smoke.Ethan reacted instantly, throwing his arm across the console to pull Angela down toward his chest. He wrapp