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Dennis Mason

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Dennis Mason's name was synonymous with power. He was the feared king of the underworld – cold, ruthless, unstoppable. Anyone who crossed him disappeared without a trace. But once... once there had been a woman in his life who brought something different out of him. She was the only one who could make him laugh. The only one who made him feel human.
But their worlds couldn’t coexist. She didn’t want secrets, blood, or guns. One day, without a word, she left. Dennis didn’t ask questions. He didn’t beg. His pride held him back. He believed it was probably for the best.
What he didn’t know: she hadn’t left alone. She never told him. She chose to raise their child on her own – far away from everything Dennis stood for.
And the little girl grew up – quickly, fiercely, fearlessly. Her mother tried to protect her, to rein her in, but it was no use. The girl wasn’t timid. She wasn’t gentle. She was full of questions, anger, and fire. Just like her father. Even if no one said it aloud.
Then one day, on a completely ordinary afternoon, everything changed.
The girl – now a teenager – was rushing across the city. Her thoughts were elsewhere when she bumped into someone. A tall man in a suit, flanked by bodyguards.
The man stopped in his tracks. And in that single glance, everything shifted.
A story that had ended years ago was beginning again – not quietly, not tenderly, but with a fierce, defiant girl who had no idea the man she just snapped at was her father.