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(ous circumst;+ance=\s, *ap,](pointing the outsider Adrian_,/ as t.,he estate trust@ #ee. He]:.i!+r Julian%
 un#expe $c#te`dly falls for Adrian, only to learn th- e ? ma n was hi^=.?s l ate father’s secret lover, leavi !))ng him ,tor-n. -!Their great‑unc^
le Cyrus ?+@p``%lots to ]@=seize the fam ) ily fort?un\e@ by stagin%g multiple a.$!c:_c,)$id^ents, conducting illegal hu?)ma/^.(n experiment?s a;n +=d or(c (hestrat`*^ing assassina ;*t#(ions.