EPILOGUE — The Last Thing He Lost
Five years later, I stood on the balcony of my new home watching the sunset.
No fear.
No chains.
No permission needed.
My father stood beside me.
“You finally look happy.”
I smiled.
“I finally feel free.”
He nodded.
“I always knew you would.”
I looked at the city below.
A city where Adrian once believed he would rule forever.
Now, nobody remembered him.
But everyone remembered what happened.
A powerful man lost everything because he underestimated the woman standing in front of him.
My father handed me a small box.
Inside was the diamond pendant.
The same pendant that saved me.
The same pendant that carried the truth.
“You kept it?”
I asked.
He smiled.
“Some reminders are worth keeping.”
I held it in my hand.
Not as a symbol of pain.
Not as a reminder of what Adrian did.
But as proof of what I survived.
The woman Adrian Vale tried to destroy…
Was the same woman who brought his entire empire to its knees.
And that was the one thing he could never take away from me.
My power.
My voice.
May you like
My life.
THE END
