Chapter 10 - The Secret My Father Buried
The evidence from Grant’s confession changed everything.
But it also created a bigger danger.
Because Marcus knew we were investigating.
And Marcus moved faster than anyone expected.
That night, the Kingsley security system activated.
A breach.
Someone had entered the estate network.
Not the building.
The network.
They were searching for one file.
The Bluebird Protocol.
The protection system.
The one thing keeping Ellie safe.
Daniel rushed into the command room.
“Mara.”
His face was pale.
“They found the backup server.”
My heart dropped.
“Can they access it?”
“No.”
A pause.
“But someone inside helped them.”
Again.
The same pattern.
Someone close.
Someone trusted.
The betrayal was everywhere.
Then the final security footage appeared.
A person entering the restricted archive.
A person carrying a Kingsley access card.
A person who should have been protecting us.
The camera image became clearer.
And I felt the world stop.
Because the person standing inside my father’s private archive…
was me.
My own access card.
My own identity.
Someone had cloned my entire existence.
Someone had created a version of me.
A version that could destroy everything.
And as the screen continued playing…
a message appeared.
From Marcus Kingsley.
"Mara, if you want to know who the real enemy is, look in the mirror."
I stared at the message.
For years, I thought Grant was the danger.
I was wrong.
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The greatest threat to my family had never been the man who betrayed me.
It was the person who knew how to become me.
