Chapter 106: The Truth Behind the Claim

The wind howled as we made our way back to the car, the folder heavy in my hands, its contents making my pulse race. The man on the pier had vanished into the shadows as quickly as he had appeared, leaving nothing but the cryptic documents that we now held. I could still hear the faint echo of his voice in my mind, those chilling words that had rattled me more than anything I had encountered in the last few weeks.

"Victor's claim is just the surface," he had said. "What he's after is much darker. You've only scratched the surface of the Blackwood family's legacy."

That was all he had said before disappearing into the night, leaving me with more questions than answers. The documents he handed me were a tangled web of contracts, deeds, and legal jargon, but one thing was clear: Victor's claim on the Blackwood estate wasn't as simple as we had thought.