Chapter 23: The Monster's Grandson
The truth hit him with the force of a freight train. Lydia wasn't just a grifter looking for a quick payday. She was a weapon forged from grief, executing a decades-long plan of vengeance. She hadn't targeted Grant randomly; she had targeted the empire that destroyed her father. She wanted the bearer bonds because they were the exact assets stolen from her family.
Grant felt physically sick. His grandmother wasn't the victim; she was the architect of this entire tragedy. He had chased a broken, desperate woman off a roof to protect a fortune soaked in blood.
He packed the documents back into the box, his mind spinning. If Lydia had known this, who else did? The blank envelope with the photo of the mill suddenly made terrifying sense. Lydia hadn't been working alone. She had a failsafe.
