Jax breaks the red wax seal, unfolding the aged leather to reveal Charles Vane’s secret handwritten final will, which names Clara as the sole owner of an unknown five-hundred-million-dollar hidden offshore shipping fleet.

The thick red wax seal shattered into small shiny pieces in Jax's massive palm, falling onto the dark mahogany floor. The smell of old leather and soft paper filled the warm air of the grand master suite.

Lucian, Jax, and Silas stood close around Clara, their broad shoulders forming an unbreakable wall of protection around her. Clara's heart beat wildly inside her chest, her small hands trembling slightly as she reached out to take the ancient bundle...