Chapter 60 - The Eternal Empress
That evening, after the party had ended and the estate was quiet, Evangeline stood alone in her massive, glass-walled office.
She looked out over the glittering, infinite lights of the Chicago skyline.
She was no longer the frightened, pregnant woman kneeling on a cold marble floor, begging for mercy. She was the absolute, undisputed Empress of a global dynasty.
She had faced the syndicate. She had destroyed the Sterling family. She had protected her son with the ferocity of a lioness.
The fire had not consumed her. It had forged her into an unbreakable, brilliant sword of justice.
Evangeline Waverly Crawford touched the glass of the window, a profound, deeply satisfying smile spreading across her face.
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She was invincible. She was profoundly loved.
And for the rest of her life, and for all the generations to come, she was entirely, unequivocally free.
