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MAKE HIM SUFFER
Blake ended the call with Victoria. Stared at the phone. Cassidy Monroe. The woman who'd terrorized Emma for years. Who'd been institutionalized after her last attempt to kill Blake's family. Who Blake thought was locked away forever in a psychiatric facility.Escaped. Two months ago. Free. Hunting.Emma saw Blake's expression. "What is it? What did Victoria say?""Cassidy Monroe escaped. Two months ago. She's been out this entire time."Emma's face went white. Hand flew to her mouth. "No. No, that's impossible. She was in maximum security. How could she—""Victoria said the facility covered it up. Didn't want the embarrassment. Didn't want the lawsuits. Just quietly searched for her and failed." Blake pulled Emma close. "She's out there. And according to Victoria, she's allied with Alexander. They're working together."Emma started shaking. Blake felt it. The terror. The memories. Cassidy had stalked Emma for years. Had broken into their home. Had threatened their children. Had nearl
ALLIED WITH SOMEONE
Blake watched through bulletproof glass as Emma and the children boarded the black SUV. New names. New identities. New lives that didn't include him. Grace looked back once. Just once. Then climbed inside. The door closed. The vehicle drove away. Gone.Blake stood in the CIA facility. Alone. Protected by twenty armed guards and feeling more vulnerable than he'd ever felt in his life.Shepherd approached. "They'll be safe. Different location. Different security team. No connection to you whatsoever. That's the point of separate witness protection.""What's my location?""Classified. Even from you. We'll move you every two weeks. Random facilities. You won't know where you are or where you're going. Makes it harder for anyone to track you."Blake understood the logic. Understood the necessity. Understood that his testimony had destroyed the Consortium and made him the most wanted man alive. Understood that his family was safer without him.Understanding didn't make it hurt less.Blake w
IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT
Emma looked at Blake like he'd lost his mind. "Choose? You want me to choose which of our children lives and which dies? Are you insane?"Blake counted weapons. Three rifles. Two pistols. Maybe two hundred rounds total. Fifty armed hunters outside. The math was simple and brutal. "Emma, we can't all survive this. I can hold them off long enough for some of you to escape. But not all of you. So you need to—""No." Emma's voice was steel. "We all live or we all die together. I'm not choosing between my children. I'm not watching you sacrifice yourself. We're a family. We survive together or not at all."Blake wanted to argue. Wanted to make her see reason. But looking at Emma's face, he knew she'd never choose. Would rather die with all of them than live knowing she'd condemned one of her children.Blake moved to the cabin's window. Counted positions. Fifty hunters spread in a perimeter. Professional formation. They'd breach from multiple angles simultaneously. Blake could maybe kill te
DEAD OR ALIVE
Blake's face was everywhere. Every news station. Every newspaper. Every social media platform. The $50 million bounty announcement had gone viral within hours. By the next morning, Blake Sterling was the most talked-about person on Earth.And the most hunted.Blake stood in the hospital waiting room watching the coverage. Saw his photo plastered across CNN, BBC, Fox News, Al Jazeera. Saw the "WANTED: DEAD OR ALIVE" graphics. Saw Alexander's tearful interview where he claimed to be seeking justice for his murdered father.Shepherd appeared beside Blake. "You can't stay here. Every person in this hospital has seen your face on TV. Someone's going to recognize you. We need to move you. Now."Blake looked at Emma's room. She was still recovering. Still weak. "I'm not leaving my wife.""She'll be transferred to a secure facility. CIA medical. We'll protect her. But you need to go into witness protection immediately. That bounty just made you a target for every desperate person on the plane
THE MOST WANTED MAN ON EARTH
Viktor's finger tightened on the trigger. Blake stared up at the gun barrel. Six inches from his face. This was it. This was how Blake Sterling died. Shot in a Belgian field by a grieving brother seeking justice for a man Blake had killed by mistake.Grace screamed. "Daddy! No!"The shot rang out.But it wasn't Viktor's gun.Viktor's head snapped sideways. Explosion of blood and bone. Exit wound the size of a fist. Viktor's body collapsed like a puppet with cut strings. Dead before he hit the ground.CIA sniper. 400 yards away. Positioned on a hill overlooking the crash site. Waiting for a clean shot. Finally got one when Viktor aimed at Blake's head. One bullet. .338 Lapua Magnum. Eliminated the threat permanently.Blake gasped for air. Lungs still collapsing from the bullet wound. But alive. Somehow alive.Grace ran to Blake. Threw herself on top of him. Sobbing. "Daddy! Daddy, you're bleeding!"Blake tried to speak. Couldn't. Blood in his throat. Shepherd and the CIA operators rush
THIS IS FOR NIKOLAI, ROT IN HELL
Blake looked at Viktor's escape route. The side door still swinging where Viktor had dragged Grace through it. Every second Blake delayed, Viktor got farther away. Got closer to whatever vehicle he had waiting. Got closer to disappearing with Grace forever.Blake looked at Emma bleeding on the floor. Face destroyed beyond recognition. Blood pooling beneath her head. Ribs clearly broken from the way her chest moved wrong. Possibly internal bleeding. Possibly dying right here in front of him.Save Emma. Or save Grace. His wife or his daughter. The woman he'd loved for fifteen years or the child he'd die to protect. Not enough time for both. Never enough time. Always forced to choose. Always losing something.Blake's mind screamed at him. Showed him futures. If he chose Emma, Grace would disappear. Viktor would take her to Russia. Use her as a hostage for years. Or kill her out of spite. Blake would live the rest of his life knowing he'd abandoned his daughter when she needed him most.I
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