Chapter 5 - The Necklace My Grandmother Left Me Wasn't Jewelry at All—it Was the Key to a Secret Worth Killing ForI had worn the necklace since I was a child.
A small silver pendant.
My grandmother gave it to me before she died.
I never questioned it.
Until Eleanor saw it.
Her face changed instantly.
"Where did you get that?"
"My grandmother."
"Take it off."
"Why?"
"Emily."
Her voice was trembling.
I removed it.
Eleanor turned the pendant over.
There was a tiny symbol engraved beneath the silver.
A serpent.
The same serpent on Daniel's business card.
Daniel entered the room.
"What happened?"
Eleanor handed him the necklace.
He stared.
"Where did you get this?"
"My grandmother."
Daniel looked at Eleanor.
"What is it?"
She whispered:
"The Blackwood trust seal."
Daniel's expression hardened.
"My father destroyed every one of these."
"Apparently not."
Daniel examined it.
Then he looked at me.
"Your grandmother stole something from my father."
"What?"
"The Blackwood family ledger."
I stared.
A ledger containing every illegal payment, every secret alliance, every corrupt official, every betrayal.
A ledger powerful enough to destroy the Blackwood empire.
My grandmother had hidden it.
And somehow, she had hidden the key with me.
Daniel's enemies learned about it that same night.
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By sunrise, three men were dead outside one of Daniel's warehouses.
The war had begun.
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