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Chapter One Hundred and Twenty Three - Interception
Navine arrived at the downtown area three minutes after leaving the Morrison estate, his car cutting through traffic with precision born from years of tactical driving.He'd tracked Lyanna's phone to this location using the family tracking app and now he was scanning the streets looking for any sign of her.Smoke caught his attention immediately.Thick gray clouds billowing from an intersection near what looked like a restaurant, people coughing and stumbling away from the source.Navine parked and moved toward the smoke on foot.He covered his mouth and nose with his sleeve and pushed through the chemical haze until he found her.Lyanna lay unconscious on the sidewalk, her face pale, her breathing shallow.Navine dropped to his knees beside her and checked her pulse.Steady but weak.He lifted her carefully and carried her away from the smoke to clearer air.Once they were a safe distance away he laid her down on a bench and began checking for injuries.No obvious trauma, just the ef
Chapter One Hundred and Twenty Two - Smoke
Navine returned to the Morrison Family estate just after sunset, his mind still occupied with the search for Elena that had produced nothing in three days.He walked through the front door and found Aunt Miriam in the sitting room, her face pale and drawn.She tried to stand when she saw him but her legs wobbled and she had to catch herself on the armrest.Navine crossed the room immediately."What's wrong?""Nothing, I'm just tired."Her voice was weak."You need to go to the hospital.""No, I'm fine, I just need to rest."Miriam waved him off but her hand was shaking.Navine studied her carefully, noting the pallor of her skin and the way she was struggling to keep her eyes focused."Where's Lyanna?""Out on a date with a boy from school, she left about an hour ago."Navine's entire body went tense."A date? With who?""Jason Garcia, he's on the football team, she said it was just dinner.""Did she say where they were going?""Some Italian restaurant downtown, she didn't give me the
Chapter One Hundred and Twenty One - Wrong Target
The Italian restaurant was nice but not exceptional. It was the kind of place that catered to high school students trying to impress dates without breaking the bank.Jason and Lyanna sat across from each other at a corner table, menus open between them."So what looks good to you?" Jason asked with his practiced charming smile.Lyanna scanned the menu without much interest."The pasta probably.""You should try the carbonara, I heard it's amazing here.""Sure, that's fine."The conversation had been like this since they arrived, Jason trying to engage while Lyanna gave minimal responses.She wasn't being deliberately rude but her disinterest was obvious to anyone paying attention.Jason either didn't notice or chose to ignore it."So your brother's pretty intense huh, I saw him at the school once when he picked you up, everyone was talking about it."Lyanna's expression tightened slightly."He's protective.""I bet, I mean with everything that happened to your family when you were you
Chapter One Hundred and Twenty - Quiet Exit
Elena Morrison left her family home three days after being discharged from the hospital.She didn't tell her parents she was leaving, didn't announce her plans or make a scene, just packed a single bag with essentials and slipped out early in the morning while they were still asleep.She left a note on the kitchen table explaining her decision in simple terms: she needed to protect them and the only way to do that was to remove herself from their lives temporarily.The apartment she found was modest and unremarkable, a small one-bedroom in a quiet part of Newton City far from the Morrison Family estate.There was no doorman, no security cameras, no features that would draw attention or make her easy to locate.Just a basic living space where she could exist without being noticed.Elena spent the first day unpacking and setting up the bare minimum of furniture, a bed, a small table, a chair by the window.The second day she focused on establishing a new routine, grocery shopping at dif
Chapter One Hundred and Nineteen - Broken
Navine stood in the doorway of the Morrison Family estate and looked out at Corey Trump standing in the front yard.Behind him Marcus's medical team was arriving, vehicles pulling up to the gate, personnel moving quickly toward the house.But Navine's attention was focused entirely on the man who'd tortured Elena.He stepped outside.Corey took a step back, his hands coming up in a defensive posture."We can talk about this."Navine didn't respond.He just walked forward with controlled purpose.Corey dissolved into shadow and reappeared twenty feet away near the gate."I didn't know she meant that much to you, if I had I would have—"Navine closed the distance in seconds, moving faster than Corey expected.Corey barely managed to activate his ability again, disappearing and reappearing on the opposite side of the yard.His breathing was coming faster now."You're the one who beat my son."Navine turned to face him."Yes.""He said you were fast but I didn't believe him, I thought he
Chapter One Hundred and Eighteen - Arrival
Navine sat in his temporary headquarters reviewing surveillance footage when the news alert flashed across one of the monitors.Local hospital admits patient with severe injuries following altercation, identified as Jude Trump, son of prominent businessman Corey Trump.Navine's hand froze on the keyboard.Jude Trump.The name connected immediately to the attack on Elena two nights ago, the obsessed young man who'd tried to kill her in her own kitchen.But the timing was wrong.Jude had been hospitalized after that incident, so why was there a new report about his admission?Unless this wasn't about a new injury.Unless someone was making sure the connection between Jude Trump and Corey Trump became public knowledge.Navine's mind raced through the implications.Corey Trump was Jude's father, which meant he knew about the attack on Elena, knew his son had been beaten and hospitalized, knew who was responsible.And now there was a news report drawing attention to that connection.Navine
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