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Chapter 150
Somewhere deeper inside—The boss of the Cataract team was already running.Word had reached him.Lombard was here.Impossible.There was no way.And if this was some kind of sick joke—If any of his men thought it was funny to play with him like this—He was going to bury every single one of them.He didn’t even realize when he broke into a full sprint.Until—He stopped.Abruptly.Before he even reached them.Every hair on his body stood on end.A cold, heavy pressure settled in his chest.His body—Recognized it.Before his mind could.The presence.The authority.The weight of it.His steps slowed.Each one heavier than the last.Two years.Two long years of silence.Of waiting.Of convincing himself he might never see him again.His throat tightened.Because now—There was no doubt anymore.He might never see the man he used to follow…But this…This presence…This feeling…He knew it.He knew him.“LD…?”The boss’s voice came out low at first.Uncertain.Disbelieving.A few step
Chapter 149
“Okay… so I want you to go in with me,” Abigail said quickly, the words rushing out. “I mean—this is the only way we can save Alice. We tell them we’re married… and that you’re the boss of the Cataract team.”Lombard glanced at her.“I already am.”Abigail let out a short, nervous laugh.“Yeah, okay. That was funny,” she said, waving it off. “But if you act bold, they’ll believe it. They’ll think you’re really their boss and this will go smoothly.”She looked at him again, studying his face.“You look like you’ve done this before. I can tell. You must have met a lot of women with crazy families or exes or something, and you had to handle it…”“You know me so well,” Lombard muttered.The car jerked to a stop.Abigail winced slightly.She didn’t understand it.How he could be this calm.She had just suggested walking into a den of people who could kill them without blinking—And he wasn’t even fazed.If anything… he looked bored.But she wasn’t about to stop him.Because, crazy as it so
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.
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