The Stepmother Tried to Kill the Heiress... But One Secret Recording Destroyed the Entire Family

Christopher carried Emma through the grand foyer without speaking.

Every servant stepped aside.

No one dared meet his eyes.

Emma buried her face against his shoulder, still trembling from the icy water.

Only when they reached the old family library did Christopher gently place her on the leather sofa.

He wrapped a blanket around her.

"You'll never be alone again," he whispered.

Emma nodded, but her frightened eyes kept drifting toward the second floor.

"Daddy..."

Christopher froze.

It was the first time she had ever called him that.

"...Grandma said I was supposed to disappear before my ninth birthday."

The words hit him harder than any bullet.

Yvette slowly walked into the room carrying a dusty leather folder.

"I believe this belongs to your father, sir."

Christopher opened it.

Inside were letters written twenty years earlier by his late father.

One sentence had been circled in red ink.

If anything happens to me, Emma Pierce is the only lawful heir to the Pierce Estate. Trust no one—not even Estelle.

Christopher's hands began to shake.

Before he could finish reading...

The mansion lights suddenly went out.

Darkness swallowed the entire house.

Only the emergency lights remained.

Then...

Every security monitor inside the control room shut off at once.

Someone had cut the power from inside the mansion.