Chapter 13 - The Custody WarBack at the Vance estate, the tension was suffocating. Social services, accompanied by local police, stood in the living room while a nurse evaluated the infant, who was sleeping peacefully upstairs.

"The DNA match is verified through emergency court order," the lead officer told Marcus, handing him a clipboard. "Legally, Ms. Rostova is the biological mother. The adoption paperwork filed by you and Victoria is null and void due to fraudulent misrepresentation."
"Wait—you can't just take him!" Marcus shouted, stepping forward, desperation clawing at his chest. Despite everything, in those few months, he had grown fiercely attached to the child he believed was his own blood. "I am on the birth certificate! I raised him!"
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"You raised a stolen child based on a lie fabricated by your criminal wife," Elena stepped between them, her presence commanding and absolute. She looked at Marcus not with anger anymore, but with a chilling, clinical detachment. "You lost the right to call him your son the moment you raised your hand against an innocent person to protect a monster."
The officers escorted the social worker upstairs, returning moments later with the infant cradled safely in a blanket. Elena took her child into her arms, pressing a soft kiss to his forehead.