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CHAPTER 119
RYAN.A week had passed since Elizabeth sent that woman to threaten me in the hospital.Seven days of silence. Too quiet. Too clean. I knew it wouldn’t last.I was with Julian when the call came in.“Sir,” one of the security officers said over the line, his voice tight, controlled. “You need to come down immediately. Elizabeth is here. She’s with public officials. And the media.”For a moment, my mind went blank.Here.At Cassian Medical.I looked at Julian, my chest tightening. “She came here?” I asked, even though I had heard it clearly.Julian didn’t look surprised. If anything, he looked calm—too calm. He straightened his jacket and met my eyes. “Breathe,” he said quietly. “Don’t react. Don’t show shock. This is exactly what we expected.”I clenched my jaw. My pulse was loud in my ears.Julian continued, his voice steady. “Looks like the plan is working.”We moved together, security falling in around us as we headed downstairs. Every step felt heavy, like the building itself was
CHAPTER 119
RYAN.A week had passed since Elizabeth sent that woman to threaten me in the hospital.Seven days of silence. Too quiet. Too clean. I knew it wouldn’t last.I was with Julian when the call came in.“Sir,” one of the security officers said over the line, his voice tight, controlled. “You need to come down immediately. Elizabeth is here. She’s with public officials. And the media.”For a moment, my mind went blank.Here.At Cassian Medical.I looked at Julian, my chest tightening. “She came here?” I asked, even though I had heard it clearly.Julian didn’t look surprised. If anything, he looked calm—too calm. He straightened his jacket and met my eyes. “Breathe,” he said quietly. “Don’t react. Don’t show shock. This is exactly what we expected.”I clenched my jaw. My pulse was loud in my ears.Julian continued, his voice steady. “Looks like the plan is working.”We moved together, security falling in around us as we headed downstairs. Every step felt heavy, like the building itself was
CHAPTER 118
RYANI walked into the hospital with my chest tight, my thoughts already racing ahead of my steps. All I could think about was Seraphine. Whether she was safe. Whether she was hurt. Whether I was already too late.She had been through too much already. The hospital attack, the fear, the constant running. And now—another attack. The thought made my jaw tighten. This was never supposed to be her life.The smell of antiseptic hit me as soon as I entered. The hospital was crowded in a way that felt wrong. Too many people. Too much noise. Groans, hurried footsteps, doctors calling out instructions. I slowed down, scanning faces, noticing bandages, bloodstains, wheelchairs being rushed past.So many injured.My chest sank.This has to be from the attack.Anger stirred quietly inside me. Whoever did this didn’t care who got hurt. Innocent people always paid the price.I went straight to the receptionist desk. The nurse looked up, already stressed, fingers moving quickly over her keyboard.“I
CHAPTER 117
SERAPHINEI woke to the gentle roll of the car, the kind that feels like breathing steady, patient. For a second I didn’t know where I was. Then the weight of the hospital slipped off my chest all at once, like a coat I’d finally been allowed to remove.I turned my head toward the window and the sunlight found me, warm and honest, spilling across my face.I smiled before I could stop myself. I was out of the hospital, Finally out.My body still felt fragile, like glass that had survived a fall but remembered the impact. Yet there was relief in my bones. No beeping monitors and No white walls, Just morning light and the hum of the road.Julian was driving. His eyes stayed forward, focused, hands calm on the wheel.He looked the same as always composed, alert but there was something tired in the lines around his mouth.He broke the silence first.“Ryan asked me to take you out,” he said. “He knew you’d want to leave as soon as they cleared you.”I closed my eyes, letting the words s
CHAPTER 116
MARCOI stood where she told me to stand, close enough to hear her voice, far enough to remind me of my place.“You are going to stand here and be with me while I work,” Elizabeth said calmly, “You are close to Ryan, so Marco, I need you. If you behave well, you will see your son.”Her words were clean, Controlled and Carefully chosen. That was what made them dangerous.She sat there sipping her hot coffee, one leg crossed over the other, completely relaxed while my world burned.She talked about my child like he was a favor she could grant or withdraw. It was leverage to her, Like property.The stupid woman was giving me options, pretending this was some kind of negotiation. First, she told me I should help kidnap someone close to Ryan. Now standing beside her like a loyal servant, earning minutes with my own son.I clenched my jaw and said nothing.I wanted to tell. I wanted to jump across the table and grab her by the throat. But rage wouldn’t bring my boy back.Survival would.
CHAPTER 115
RYAN.I walked into my office, feeling drained and heavy from the meeting. My body ached, my mind was cluttered, but even in this exhaustion, I couldn’t allow myself a true break.Not yet. Still, a small part of me hoped this plan Julian had this counter-narrative, the one that finally might expose Elizabeth without risking Mary further would actually work.The thought gave me a fleeting sense of calm, though the violence and chaos we’d endured weighed heavily on meI hated it all. I hated myself for every fight, every calculated move, every moment I’d chosen vengeance over peace.I moved toward my desk, opening the top drawer and sorting files. These would go straight to the Meridian Oversight Group.Once they did their work, the press would release a controlled story one that would force Elizabeth into the open without compromising the secret of the Shadow HeirIt was precise, calculated and perfect. My hope was that Mary would still be alive by the time it all unfoldedAs I stepp
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