The Inheritance of Dust
By @john1208
Elara Vance always believed her opulent upbringing was a gilded cage, but nothing prepared her for the gilded lie her family built it upon. Her estranged father's sudden death forces her back to the sprawling Vance estate, a place haunted by unspoken resentments and the chilling silence of her siblings: Liam, the reckless prodigal, and Serena, the perpetually fragile peacekeeper. The reading of the will reveals not just a complex inheritance, but a codicil hinting at a decades-old deception involving a scandalous adoption, stolen identities, and a desperate cover-up orchestrated by their seemingly benevolent parents. The very foundation of their wealth is tainted, and worse, Elara discovers a disturbing connection between the secret and the event that tore them apart years ago. As the siblings reluctantly unite to uncover the truth, they must navigate treacherous family archives and their own fractured memories, knowing that revealing the full extent of the lie could shatter their lives, their legacy, and plunge them into a public scandal that makes their previous estrangement look like a fond memory. The question isn't just what happened, but who knew, and who among them is still willing to protect the darkest secrets of the Vance name?
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