The moment Elsa received the detailed report on the Circle members, she began studying them carefully.Not out of curiosity.Out of preparation.Each woman had a background file—family history, businesses, alliances, scandals, public image, strengths, weaknesses. Harley had organized everything neatly, and Elsa spent several evenings going through them one by one.If the Circle wanted to compete for her, then she needed to understand exactly who she was dealing with.And just as she expected…They began making their moves.A few days after Brittany Stone’s failed attempt at the school gate, Elsa ran into another Circle member.This time it happened in a restaurant.Elsa had stepped inside a quiet café to pick up a takeaway lunch before returning to the hospital. She had barely finished ordering when a woman approached her table.“Hi. I’m Valeria Shaw.”Elsa looked up.The woman standing before her was elegant and poised, dressed in soft cream colors that screamed expensive taste.“Rec

SAN FRANCISCOWhen Elsa returned to San Francisco, everything was calm—almost too calm.No one at the Hale mansion knew what had happened in Los Angeles. Not even Levi. Life resumed as though nothing had occurred. Elsa moved through her routine quietly, carefully, as if the incident had been nothing more than a passing inconvenience.By the next morning, the internet exploded.Videos flooded every platform—clear footage of Elsa running into the road, grabbing a child and his dog seconds before a speeding truck could hit them. Then, just as shockingly, footage of her tending to the very driver who almost killed them.Within hours, a name began circulating.“The Guardian Angel.”Voices echoed across social media:“Oh my God, that’s so scary!”“I heard she was badly injured but ignored it to help the driver!”“Turns out the driver had appendicitis—he wasn’t even in control!”“And she didn’t even blame him?”“How can someone so beautiful a