76 The Lake

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Mara The lake was peaceful—almost too peaceful. The water shimmered like glass, barely disturbed by the occasional breeze. I watched the reflection of the sky ripple, trying to lose myself in the quiet. But Theo’s words wouldn’t leave me alone. They kept echoing in my mind like a riddle I couldn’t quite crack. Why would anyone want to kill Lucian and me? If it was about the Alpha Mark, then Vander should’ve been a target too. Or Darian. But Lucian was the one they’d gone after—and I was collateral. Nothing more. That alone told me this wasn’t about the mark. It was personal. As much as I tried to give Martha the benefit of the doubt, she was still the only one who stood to gain if Lucian died. She had motive. Influence. And the kind of cold ambition that never blinked at collateral d

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