CHAPTER 2 — The Poison Hidden in Plain Sight
Three days later...
Alexander remained in his wheelchair.
The media praised Victoria as "the devoted fiancée who never left his side."
Behind closed doors...
She barely looked at him.
That afternoon, a nurse entered with Alexander's daily medication.
She looked nervous.
Too nervous.
As she reached for the glass of water, her hands trembled.
Alexander noticed something strange.
The capsule inside the medicine cup had a different color.
Before he could react, an elderly housekeeper accidentally bumped into the tray.
The capsule rolled across the marble floor.
The old woman froze.
"So sorry, sir..."
But instead of picking it up...
She secretly slipped it into her apron.
Minutes later she disappeared.
Alexander immediately contacted Marcus.
Within an hour, the capsule was inside a private laboratory.
The results shocked everyone.
It wasn't medicine.
It was a slow-acting neurotoxin.
Small doses.
Almost impossible to detect.
Symptoms would resemble complications from spinal trauma.
Within months...
His organs would gradually fail.
Doctors would blame the accident.
No one would suspect murder.
Marcus looked at Alexander in disbelief.
"They're not trying to take your company."
"They're trying to erase you."
That night the mansion's security cameras recorded something unexpected.
Victoria entered Alexander's study.
She wasn't alone.
A mysterious silver-haired man wearing black gloves followed her inside.
Alexander watched the live security feed from a hidden room.
The stranger removed a sealed envelope from his briefcase.
Inside was a document carrying the Blackwood family seal.
Alexander's heart stopped.
It was his grandfather's original will.
The will everyone believed had burned in a fire twenty years earlier.
Victoria smiled.
"So the forgery worked."
The silver-haired man chuckled.
"The fake will gave your branch of the family control exactly as planned."
Alexander's blood ran cold.
His grandfather had never changed the inheritance.
The entire Blackwood empire had been stolen.
Then the stranger said something even more terrifying.
"The organization has manipulated wealthy families for over thirty years."
"When Alexander dies..."
"The final phase begins."
Before leaving, Victoria whispered six words that changed everything.
"He can never learn about Emily."
Emily?
Alexander searched every family record.
No cousin.
No employee.
No business partner.
No one by that name existed.
Or so he thought.
Just before midnight, Marcus rushed into the hidden control room carrying an old leather file recovered from a private vault.
Inside was a faded birth certificate.
Twin children.
Born on the same day.
One named Alexander Blackwood.
The other...
Emily Blackwood.
His secret twin sister.
Officially declared dead only three days after birth.
Someone had erased her from history.
Someone powerful.
Someone still watching.
As Alexander stared at the yellowed document, every security monitor inside the mansion suddenly went black.
One by one.
Until only a single message appeared across every screen.
STOP DIGGING... OR YOUR SISTER DIES AGAIN.
Alexander slowly stood from his wheelchair for the first time in front of Marcus.
His voice was calm.
"They've been playing this game for decades."
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"Now..."
"It's my turn."
