Chapter 18 – The Plan to End a King
(Single POV)
The air inside the safe house was thick with tension.
Evelyne sat at the worn wooden table, her fingers drumming against its surface as Adrian paced the small room.
The file that had changed everything lay open between them, pages covered in names, transactions, and bloodstained secrets.
Secrets that could finally bring William Carter down.
If they lived long enough to use them.
Evelyne exhaled slowly. “Where do we start?”
Adrian stopped pacing. He leaned against the counter, arms crossed over his chest.
“We don’t just need proof,” he said. “We need leverage.”
Evelyne frowned. “We have the file.”
Adrian shook his head. “Not enough. If we take this to the police, it’ll disappear before it even makes it to trial.”
Her stomach twisted.
She hated that he was……
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