**Collapsed 334**
**Chapter 334**
**AUTHOR’S POV.**
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Back at the Evergreen mansion, an air of palpable tension enveloped the grand hall. Darius’s words hung heavy in the atmosphere, and Alina was rendered speechless.
She simply… gazed at him.
Her eyes remained wide, unblinking. She didn’t draw a single breath, nor did she make the slightest movement.
Darius Evergreen stood resolute before her, his posture rigid, shoulders squared as if bracing himself for an emotional storm. He seemed to expect her to erupt into tears, to lash out in anger, or perhaps to hurl something at him in a fit of rage.
Beside her, Luna stood frozen, her eyes wide with a mixture of horror and disbelief, as if she were witnessing a tragedy unfold before her. Damien, sensing the fragile state of the moment, stepped forward slightly, his body tense, prepared to step in should Alina crumble under the weight of the revelation.
But Alina remained silent.
No cries of anguish.
No heated arguments.
Not even a sharp intake of breath.
Just a vacant, stunned stare, as if Darius’s words had shattered something deep within her, leaving her in a state of numbed shock, unable to process the reality of her situation.
Darius opened his mouth, perhaps intending to explain himself or to soften the harshness of his revelation, but before he could utter a single sound, Alina turned away from him, her heart heavy. She walked past him, each step eerily quiet for someone whose entire world had just crumbled into dust.
And then she vanished into the sanctuary of her room.
The door didn’t slam shut in anger. It didn’t lock with a definitive click.
Instead, it closed softly, a gentle click resonating like a whisper of finality… as if she were sealing herself off from the entire world.
For a moment, the mansion remained eerily still. Everyone held their breath, waiting for her to emerge once more.
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They were waiting for the impending explosion of emotions.
Two minutes passed.
Five minutes.
Ten.
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Damien paced anxiously outside her door, running a hand through his tousled hair in frustration.
“Alina,” he called softly, his voice laced with concern, trying desperately to keep the tremor of worry at bay. “Please… just say something.”
Luna stepped beside him, her knuckles trembling as she knocked twice, a soft, pleading sound.
“Sweetheart,” she implored, her voice breaking slightly, “please open the door. Talk to us.”
Silence enveloped them.
Damien leaned in closer, his heart racing. “Did you hear that? I don’t think she’s in there.”
Luna pressed her palm flat against the wood, her eyes shimmering with unshed tears.
“Alina, baby… we’re right here. Just answer me, okay?”
But there was nothing.
No shuffling of feet.
No soft whispers.
Not even the faintest breath on the other side.
Just an unsettling quiet that felt deeply wrong.
Then Luna, driven by instinct, tried the handle.
It turned easily.
And the room was empty.
“What—” Luna gasped, her breath catching in her throat. “Darius! Darius! She’s not here; she is—”
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“Gone.”
Damien’s face drained of color, the realization hitting him like a cold wave.
Darius stormed into the room, his heart racing as he checked every corner, every crevice, every adjoining room, his mind racing with panic.
Nothing.
The Evergreen mansion erupted into chaos.
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Servants scattered like startled birds, guards sprinted down the hallways, rooms were searched top to bottom… but Alina Evergreen was nowhere to be found.
After nearly thirty minutes of frantic searching with no success, Darius turned sharply, fury igniting in his eyes as he faced Damien first.
“Are you the one who helped her escape?” he demanded, his voice low and dangerous.
Damien’s jaw tightened, a flicker of indignation crossing his features. “No. I didn’t even know she was gone.”
Luna stepped between them, her heart racing. “Darius, stop this—”
He cut her off, turning his ire on her next.
“Did you help her leave?”
Luna threw her hands up in disbelief, shocked and offended. “Of course not! Why would I hide something like that from you?”
“Because she didn’t just vanish into thin air,” Darius snapped, his frustration boiling over. “Someone must have helped her. And I know you both are not in support of this marriage in the first place.”
“It wasn’t us,” Damien shot back sharply. “And you know that.”
But Darius was spiraling, desperation clawing at him beneath the anger, fear twisting his gut.
He dragged a hand through his hair in frustration. “She can’t just disappear. Not now.
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