My mysterious fiance

Previously

…Elara’s breath hitched. The safe in Julian’s study. The one he had so carelessly boasted about, the one he believed was impenetrable. Her mother’s confession had been the key, revealing the specific code, a sequence tied to her family’s history, a history Julian had so desperately tried to erase and co-opt. “Yes,” she said, her voice steadying. “I know where it is. And I know how to open it.” A cold determination settled in her heart. It was time to not just escape, but to dismantle the empire Julian Thorne had built on lies and ruin. It was time to reclaim her life, and in doing so, perhaps, to finally bring justice to the shadows that had haunted her family for generations.