Chase stepped back. "You're... my sister."
Outside, the rain began to fall on the bricks of De Tit . Inside, two strangers became family, and the ruby went dark for the first time in a hundred years. charlee chase belle de tit
"Because the ruby doesn't bleed light for confessions," Belle whispered. "It bleeds truth. And your mother's truth, Chase, is that she gave it to me on her deathbed. She wanted me to keep it safe. From you ." Chase stepped back
Belle nodded. "The ruby knows. Now you do too." Inside, two strangers became family, and the ruby
Charlee paused. The De Tit ruby was the club's soul — a fist-sized stone bolted beneath the bar, said to bleed light when a true confession was spoken. Belle had been whispering to it for three nights in a row.