Chapter 11 - A New Dawn
The evening sun cast a long, golden glow over the laboratory downstairs, where dozens of brilliant young scientists were working on therapies that would save thousands of lives.
I looked down at my hand. The pale band of skin where my wedding ring used to sit was completely gone, tanned over by the summer sun.
I had spent years believing that I needed someone else to help me carry the weight of my mother’s legacy. I had let a parasite convince me that I was not enough on my own.
But as I watched the city lights flicker to life, I knew the truth.
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I was Evelyn Vane.
I was the creator of this empire, the protector of this science, and the sole author of my own destiny. And no one would ever take that away from me again.
