Chapter 201: The Crimson Invitation Before the Storm

The late afternoon sun cast long, golden fingers across the manicured lawns of the Simpson estate. For the first time in what felt like an eternity, a fragile peace had settled over Lorenzo Santee’s world. He sat on a wrought-iron bench, the scent of blooming roses thick in the air, watching his daughter Daisy chase a butterfly across the grass. Her laughter, pure and untainted by the darkness that had once shadowed her young life, was the most beautiful sound he had ever heard. Alice was...