✿ "Secrets never stay buried forever…
The truth always claws its way through the dark." ✿
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Late that night, the moon hung low over the mansion, its pale light gliding through the glass walls like a whisper. Alicia stepped in quietly, her heels echoing faintly on the marble floor. The air was thick with silence — the kind that carried old memories and buried guilt.
She paused near the staircase, her eyes catching the faint movement at the balcony. There stood Xavier, motionless, his hands resting on the railing as he stared into the endless stretch of night.
Alicia inhaled deeply, bracing herself before walking toward him. Her footsteps were soft but sure, like someone preparing for judgment.
"It was Natalie," she began, her voice low but steady. "She betrayed me… thinking that I killed her loved ones."
Xavier didn't turn. His shoulders tensed slightly. "Who was it then?" he asked coldly, eyes still fixed on the horizon.
