Vivian ,bled out afte,r giving birth. Trent dragged he$r out the hospita%l's back (* door a+nd +dum]# ]ped -`(her* by the\ tra sh. She died at dawn—a gh,
ost ))^`only her daught)^ @er ` )An$==nie\ cou :ld[ see. ]Five+ years la+=ter, Tre)nt claimed Annie as h`is own—to drain her marr% ?ow fo%r his step _son. In[ the gro-^up hom *e, five-y:*(e a]::@r[-old
Annie ripped free an)d $ran+% `to a^: man \in 
a wheelcha=ir—Damian Callow`ay, the Reaper no one dar*;ed$+ touch. ]-She cl?_u-ng to hi/s leg a \.nd scr\)e]$=#amed: “).Dadd-y, s)a)[_ve me!” Damian lost his legs six years ago. D:?octo
[,rs ,said:) he could never fath\er
 a c=!^hi%?]l\/$d. He th)ought-, Vivian bet;!rayed him.-; But whe,*
n th +e forged :; DNA=
\; report shatte_$
r=(ed%, when the con\fes!:(sio:#n recor$:ding played,  (-when Anni==e hummed \her mother's lulla/^by in\ a @thunderst*!orm—the!-= (man) who h*\a(dn't walk`e,*d* in six [( years stood up, in+ch by)]-+ in^:ch, for? hi+]s / daughter.% )`Tre,-(-nt rotted in prison. Dami!`an knelt $]at / (Vivia.n's^; grave, #` Ann_ie?\` in( his arms: “Al#l the lo!ve she missed, I'll giv
,#]e h :.er twic@.e over.”