The truth was cruel.
Renata’s grandfather, together with several collateral relatives, had wiped out the Labbe family’s direct line in a ruthless bid for power.
Yet even after eliminating them, they failed to locate the family seal, authority token, and ancestral totem—symbols that alone could legitimize leadership. Without those three items, no matter how much power they seized, they could only remain acting heads.
The family itself did not truly recognize them.
Even worse, the achievements they built over two or three decades might someday benefit someone else.
Years ago, a child from the direct line had escaped with a nanny.
The acting head had launched an extensive search and eventually traced the child to Annenburg, identifying him—based on circumstantial evidence—as Titus, the adopted son of Jane, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Johnathan family.
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