Chapter 1 - THE MIST THAT FRAMED HER.
Claire woke the morning after her wedding with her husband, Adrian Vale, pinning her wrists behind her in the marble foyer.
His mother, Eleanor, raised a black spray bottle.
“You married me last night—why are you helping her do this?”
Eleanor smiled.
“You should have learned the truth before joining this family.”
The white mist touched Claire’s face. It caused no pain, but Adrian leaned close.
“This marriage was never about love. You were brought here for a reason.”
Claire stopped struggling.
A blue security light above the staircase flickered on. Under it, the mist glowed across her skin like invisible ink.
Eleanor called security and announced that Claire had broken into the family vault.
Adrian released her only after guards arrived.
On the floor beside Claire lay a diamond key she had never seen.
Then the vault alarm printed its access record.
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The person who opened it at 3:12 a.m. was not Claire.
It was Adrian.
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