Home / Eastern / Beneath the Ashes, He Rose / Chapter 53: Midnight Bombs
Chapter 53: Midnight Bombs
Author: Frank Torrey
last update2025-11-19 00:11:43

With the deepening shadows and oppressive silence, the cathedral felt colder. The gentle hum of adrenaline coursing through Tatiana's veins made it difficult for her to hear her breath. There were only minutes, perhaps seconds, left before everything blew up. Figuratively.

She recoiled when she heard Grayson-2's voice crackle in her earpiece. "I have information on the bombs, Tatiana. They are connected to the heartbeat of Mira. I need you to hurry up."

She glanced at Alexander, who was looking more icy than ever, his hand grazing his gun barrel as he readied himself for whatever was about to happen. He kept quiet, concentrated, and strategic. He always was. However, there was something raw in his eyes now that made her realise that this was more intimate than ever.

"The bombs are synced to Mira's heart?" Too stunned by its blatant cruelty, Tatiana's voice barely came out. "You've got to be kidding me."

"Not kidding," Grayson-2 said sharply. "We all perish more quickly the more she mo
Continue to read this book for free
Scan the code to download the app

Latest Chapter

  • Chapter 105: Army of Yesteryear

    An omen engraved into the heavens, the sky over Washington, D.C. has taken on an unusual green hue. The impossibility of a time siege and an army of 2018 Benjamins advancing with flawless, mechanical precision, bursting out the opening Pentagon gateway like resurrected ghosts of the past, made Harrington Tower tremble. Each soldier had sleek but antiquated weaponry from a different era, and they all fired in uncanny unison while maintaining the same, uncanny unity of Benjamin's eyes.Tatiana observed the mayhem from the penthouse. With their tiny hands engaged in a tug-of-war between two enormous legacies, the toddler Miras, who had fire eyes and ice eyes, clutched to their respective fathers and pulled. Every step the soldiers took caused the floor under them to vibrate, and the walls trembled as the building groaned from the pressure of time and physical force.Tatiana's gaze raced across the battlefield until she caught sight of the twins, Ash and Phoenix, with their wings half-for

  • Chapter 104: Dual Phantoms

    The tension-filled air was thick enough to choke on. Mira clung to Tatiana's bosom and trembled, but not out of terror, as Tatiana's finger lingered above the trigger. She felt the maelstrom, the clash of lineages, fate's inevitable manifestation in fire and flesh.Benjamin took a measured step forward, like a predator assessing its victim. Alexander mirrored him, his muscles tensed, his eyes steely. The towering ceilings of the penthouse appeared to sag under the weight of expectation. They were no longer merely men; instead, they were manifestations of fate and relics from bloodlines that had fought silent conflicts for many years.Benjamin took a sudden lunge. His fists clashed with a tremendous force that sent a shudder through the room as Alexander met him quickly. Chandeliers wobbled, glass shook in its frames, and the air was heavy with the odor of sweat and ozone.With each blow, their scars, which were the same on the arm and chest, caught the light as they moved in a blur. E

  • Chapter 103: Mirror Patriarch

    Benjamin's sturdy, youthful, and terrifyingly composed figure emerged fully through the fractured mirror. His well-tailored suit glinted in the Penthouse lights, but it was his eyes, the same icy, cunning stare that had plagued Tatiana's thoughts and nightmares, that held her motionless. He exuded threat and authority in every way.Alexander stood a little in front of Tatiana and Mira, but his wings were now completely retracted, making him look horribly mortal and human. Despite his clinched fists and taut jaw, he had a strange look of admiration in his eyes. Benjamin had come back; he was real. alive. And more perilous than before.At first, Benjamin's speech was measured, quiet, and almost mesmerizing. "Alexander, Tatiana, the years of deity-playing, power struggles, and acting as though the past could be changed are ended. I am present. And I have to regain everything that is mine.Beneath her jacket, Tatiana's fingers jerked toward her gun. Uncertainty tore at her resolve, but he

  • Chapter 102: Polaroid Lie

    It had never felt colder in the penthouse of Harrington Tower. Alexander stood at the large window, his reflection broken in the glass as the city spread out beneath him. As though she already knew the significance of the Polaroid's discovery, Mira walked across the floor, her tiny fingers making invisible lines.With her heart still pounding and the phoenix tattoo pulsing over her chest, Tatiana knelt next to her. The fire within her seemed to be alive, anticipating what was about to happen, and every pulse felt like a warning. She had again read the words on the envelope: "She was never yours." That had been untrue. A partial truth.With a stiff voice, Alexander broke the stillness. "I retested my DNA. checked everything twice. Tatiana Benjamin's biological daughter is named Mira. In design, not simply in blood.Tatiana stopped. Mira looked up now, her little lips parted, her eyes wide and unaware as her hands hovered over her. "Design?" she muttered, her voice shaking. "What do you

  • Chapter 101: 2018 Escape

    Every nook and cranny of the deserted Pentagon annex was covered in dust, which drifted in motes and was illuminated by a single, flickering fluorescent lightbulb. As Tatiana approached the metal cabinet with the label "Classified – Level Omega," her boots reverberated against the chilly concrete floor. Heat pulsed across her chest where the phoenix tattoo had started to burn hours before as her fingers hovered over the rusting handle. Benjamin's distinctive insignia, a jagged crown entwined with a snake, was stamped on the wax-sealed envelope that Alexander had just handed."Why now?" With a tense yet composed voice, Tatiana whispered beneath her breath. As though the envelope itself were mocking her, the heat on her chest blazed once more.Behind her, Alexander was a heavy but silent presence. He was human and mortal, but he still had a controlled intensity that made her spine tense. His wings were folded neatly against his back and were now totally retracted. "Because it's time," h

  • Chapter 100: Healed Queen

    Melted gold poured across the devastated landscape as the sun rose over the National Mall. Glass buildings and sandcastles, twisted creations of a battle that had altered reality itself, gleamed in the dawn light. The smell of scorched sand and melted glass was a reminder of the mayhem that had just occurred as smoke hung low in the air and curled in languid spirals. Innocent, pure, and unaware of the evils that had formerly ruled them, the three children, Mira, Phoenix, and Ash, tottered in the aftermath amid the wreckage, their small feet making impressions on the scorched sand.With her chest clenched and her fingers idly stroking the subtle warmth of the phoenix tattoo rising across her flesh, Tatiana stood at the edge of the chaos. Beneath the rising sun, the blazing wings spread from her collarbone across her chest, glowing scarlet and golden. The rhythm of her own heartbeat, which had just been about to stop, seemed to be pulsing through each feather. She flexed her hands, sens

More Chapter
Explore and read good novels for free
Free access to a vast number of good novels on MegaNovel app. Download the books you like and read anywhere & anytime.
Read books for free on the app
Scan code to read on App