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Chapter 148
“Well… I already told Alice,” Abigail muttered, her voice breaking, like she had already given up on everything. “I told her you wouldn’t be of any help, but she just wouldn’t listen to me.”Her eyes filled with tears.“I told her…” she swallowed, her voice shaking now, “and now I’m going to lose her over this!”The words collapsed into sobs.Full, messy, uncontrollable sobs.Whoever said that when you’re in danger the last thing you should do is cry clearly had never been in real trouble before, Lombard thought as he watched her.Because this—This was real.And he did nothing.Didn’t move.Didn’t speak.Didn’t even offer her anything.Not because he was trying to be cold…He just didn’t have a handkerchief.“You could have at least offered to clean my face,” Abigail finally said, her voice thick, trying to pull herself together.“Unless I use the back of my hand?” Lombard replied dryly.She stared at him.“You can’t just go around without a handkerchief,” she snapped, like that was
Chapter 147
“I know… I know,” Jake added quickly, almost tripping over his words. “I know you don’t want to hear about him, but if you find Barca, Alice might be happier. I don’t know what’s going on between you two now, but you always wanted to meet him. If you meet him—” “If I meet him now,” Lombard cut in coldly, “I might actually commit homicide.” There was silence on the other end. Heavy silence. “You want my name on the news in the next two days?” Lombard added, his voice low and dangerous. More silence. For a brief moment, Lombard felt it— That old, familiar edge. That discomfort. The kind he hadn’t felt in a long time. He pushed it down immediately. “Hey,” Lombard said after a beat, exhaling quietly. “I didn’t mean to come off like an asshole. Don’t take it personal.” “You know what, Lombard?” the voice on the other end snapped. “I think I’ve been taking your life way too personally since I met you these last few days.” Lombard didn’t interrupt. “I’m starting to realize you
Chapter 146
Lombard was driving fast, heading straight to the location he had pulled from Abigail’s signal.But his mind?It wasn’t fully on the road.It had already gone somewhere else.Back.To the Cataract team.Back then, when he first created them, it hadn’t been anything serious.He had been bored.That was it.And Clara…Clara had made it worse.She had told him it would be fun. Told him to build something—some kind of group where he could act out all the things he found interesting. Martial arts, strategy, control… something that wasn’t just the usual boring “gun business” that never challenged him.So he did.At first, it was just a handful of boys.A small group.Something playful.Something ridiculous.But then…It grew.More people joined.The idea changed.Somewhere along the line, those boys started seeing themselves as something else. Not just a group, but something bigger. Something… powerful.They began acting like heroes.Saving people.Creating a name.Building fear.And slowly
Chapter 145
Alice clenched her fists.Damn it.This was not what she had planned.“Hey.”One of the men stepped forward, walking toward her slowly, almost lazily, like he had all the time in the world.“What exactly were you thinking?” he asked, tilting his head as he studied her. “Coming here like this.”He stopped right in front of her.“We didn’t even have any business with you,” he continued. “I checked our records multiple times. You’ve got nothing to do with us.”His eyes narrowed slightly.“So tell me…” he added, voice dropping just a little. “Are you tired of living?”“I…” Alice started to speak, but she wasn’t even given the chance.Whatever she had planned—pretending to be drunk, playing it off like she wandered in by mistake—it all died before it could even begin.“You’re next in that cage,” one of them said flatly.Her heart dropped.They dragged her away.
Chapter 144
“Is that you?” Abigail asked again, her voice shaky—like someone had squeezed the air out of her lungs.“What’s up?” Lombard asked.“Please… tell me where you are.”“What’s going on?” Lombard asked again, already moving. He stepped into Vivienne’s room and grabbed the laptop he could find in sight, flipping it open as he spoke.“I… I don’t even know where I am,” Abigail said, her voice breaking badly. “They took Alice away. And my phone… and Finn… but I realized—you weren’t with Finn when they took him.”Her words were scattered, almost tripping over each other. Lombard had to piece them together in real time.“You have to calm down and tell me exactly what happened,” he said firmly. “That’s the only way I can help.”His fingers were already moving fast across the keyboard, punching in codes, pulling up a secured site.“We got to Finn’s house and it had been broken into,” she rushed. “Someone had already taken h
Chapter 143
A few minutes later, Lombard was done eating. He had moved into the sitting room and was already messing around with the video game console she had somewhere in the house. Honestly, he hadn’t even known she owned one. Then again, at the back of her mind, Vivienne had probably always assumed Lombard would show up someday, so she kept things like that around without even realizing it.“You’re going to spend the night here?” Vivienne asked, walking in and leaning against the doorframe for a second before moving to the sofa.“Unless you want to throw me out, I plan to,” Lombard replied without raising his head, still focused on whatever setting he was adjusting on the device.Vivienne sat down, watching him quietly for a moment.“Do you ever feel like we’re getting old?” she asked.“Never,” Lombard said instantly. “I still think I’m eighteen every time I look at myself in the mirror.”“Stop,” she groaned, dragging a pillow to her sid
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