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Chapter 117The air was thick with tension. I didn’t move. I just stared at him, the image of his smug, composed face made me want to give him a dirty slap. A part of me wanted to laugh at the absurdity of it all. A deal? After everything?I stepped closer, just slightly, enough to make his fingers twitch. He was trying to play calm, but I could see it—the subtle flicker of nerves behind his eyes.“You think I came all the way here just to talk?” I said, voice low and calculative. “After what you did to those kids? After what you did to Park? And you stand there with your legs crossed like some fucking priest asking me to repent?”Jack sighed, almost bored. “You’re too emotional, Adrian. That’s always been your flaw. It makes you reckless.”“No,” I said quietly, “it makes me dangerous.”Behind me, a floorboard creaked—the signal. Marcus was in position. Ren would be watching us through the back window, ready to move the second things went sideways.Jack leaned back in his chair, fol
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Chapter 116The air was heavy and static as I stood at the edge of the woods, staring down at the flickering coordinates on my phone screen. Juno had marked it with a red dot, bold and pulsating—almost as if the location itself was alive, waiting for me.Nathan’s base. At least that was what I thought to myself.Finally,It felt surreal. We had been running after a goose chase for weeks, dead ends, and decoys meant to throw us off his trail. But this… this felt real. Too real. The kind of reality that didn’t let you walk away unchanged.Behind me, Ren and Marcus stood in tense silence. I knew they didn’t have to come—but they did anyway. Despite everything I’d said, everything I’d become, they still followed me into the hell hole. “ Does he know you are here?” I asked, looking at Ren. “ Who? Leo?” Ren replied and I nodded. “ He owes us too, Adrian. You are not the only one who wants to see his head on a spike.”I didn't say anything but felt the weight on my shoulder. I didn't have
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Chapter 115Everything was happening so fast and it almost looked like the students were not buying their usuals anymore. The school environment was back to the way it was. No smoking around the corridor and they were not passing contraband either. “ Do you think Nathan is dumb?” I heard a voice behind me and I turned. “ Do you think he is going to use the school to run his business when the news is going viral about what happened?" Marcus said, looking at me. “ If you are trying to get to him then you need to think outside the box. Think of what you are going to do if you are him.” Ren added. I looked at both of them and said nothing. But the truth was, they were right. Juno just received a message of their movements and I cannot but wonder where their base was. It was quite easy with Milrada but tracking Nathan had been tough. Tougher than I expected of course. “ When are you going to come back?” Ren asked, staring at me. “ Come back?” I flashed a set of angry eyes at him. “ Le
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Chapter 114“You shouldn't do that again.” Juno’s words caught me immediately when I got in. I looked back with an angry face. “Are you barking orders into my face?” I asked with my eyebrows arched. “I need to know where you are and keep you safe at all times. You are at risk when you go out on your own.” Juno said again. “At risk? Have you forgotten what I can do? Do I need to remind you that I alone took down Milrada and her business?” I said with anger. “Let me ask you again, Juno. Are you here to give me orders?” The room was thick with tension as we both stared at ourselves. “Why don't you both loosen up?” Juliet's voice broke the tension between us both. “Do I need to remind you that we have a bigger problem than to fight among ourselves?” She said, "Set the table." The aroma of the food she cooked caught my throat as I looked past Juno. “Why are you still here?” I asked, staring at Juliet, who was busy arranging the tables. “Is that a way of saying thank you?” she said back
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Chapter 113The silence in the car was thick as I drove Alisha to the safe house. Her presence beside me was comforting, familiar—like the only piece of home I hadn’t yet destroyed. But her words lingered in my mind like a song stuck on repeat.If I had left when your mother brought you here, who would take care of you?The truth was, I had never properly thanked her. Not for the meals she made when there was nothing left in the pantry. Not for the way she shielded me from the men who came asking questions about my father. And definitely not for loving me when I didn’t even know what love was supposed to feel like.“Do you ever regret it?” I asked, not taking my eyes off the road.“Regret what?” She replied, her voice calm, as always.“Taking me in. Raising a child whose bloodline was unknown from the start.”She chuckled. “You talk like you're a demon, Adrian. I raised a boy who had the strength to survive and the heart to still care. Cursed? No. You were a gift.”That word—gift—knoc
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Chapter 112I don't know why it hurts. I had been gone for months now, but seeing Zee in the arms of the one person I hated the most made me more pissed and annoyed than I care to admit.“You need to let her go,” Juno said with an icy tone. Like she doesn't have feelings. “I don't know what you both must have shared, but we don't want anything that is going to hinder our plans. Or is she going to be a problem?” She paused and stared at me.“Why are you really here?” I asked, looking at Juno. “I came because I thought you might be needing my area of expertise,” Juno replied.“Do I need to be worried?”“You took down Miralda because you were focused. That is what focused men do. They do the impossible and move mountains. I don't want you to forget the real reason you are back home, Mr. Carter." Juno said again. “I don't want to get my hands soiled.”“Are you threatening me now?” I asked, my body hot, and I could feel the electric current bubbling underneath my skin.“Why don't we slow d
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