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Chapter 360
“But I trusted you. And you used my trust to steal from me. For him.”Each word was a lash, stripping away the strategic armor she’d tried to don. He wasn’t accusing her of endangering their their lives and the lives of those around them; he was accusing her of breaking his heart. The ice shard of guilt in her gut melted, flooding her with a shame so acute it was nauseating.“He said he’d let my mom go,” she choked out again, the defense pathetic even to her own ears. “He said if I brought him the ring, he’d consider it a sign of good faith. He promised she’d be safe.” A sob ripped through her. “I was desperate. I was so scared for her. I didn’t know what else to do.”“And you couldn't even tell me about it?” Chance asked, the question steeped in sadness. “You thought the only solution was to betray me?”“I thought I was protecting you!” The words burst from her, fueled by the accumulated terror and guilt of months. “By keeping you out of it! By dealing with the monster myself! I was
Chapter 359
Brenda gestured wildly towards the closed door across the hall."He knows Steven is alive. Robert knows. They're not going to let him wake up. And they're certainly not going to let me walk around knowing what I know.""So you've come to warn me?" Susan's voice was laced with bitter skepticism. "Out of the goodness of your heart? If I should remember vividly well, you would never come to me like this, not since the day you discovered that I was the 'gifted one.'She took another step, closing the distance, her voice dropping to an urgent whisper. "I offer you my loyalty. My knowledge. Everything. In exchange for your protection. Get me under the O'Connor security umbrella. Philip's, Julia's, I don't care. Keep me alive, and I'll give you the keys to bring Richard and Robert down."Susan stared at her sister, this architect of her ruin, now begging for sanctuary. The fury was a white-hot coal in her chest. Every instinct screamed to throw her out, to let her face the consequences she'd
Chapter 358
“You sanctimonious fool! This isn’t about murder! This is about survival! Order! You think the world runs on your childish morals? Those women were loose ends. Now, because of you, they’re loose ends with legs, running to God knows who!” Richard shot.Robert stood, his calm more terrifying than Richard’s rage. “The question isn’t about your motives, Harry. The question is about your future.” He gestured to the room, the house, the world it represented. “This can still be yours. The name. The wealth. A place at the table.”He paused, letting the offer hang in the air like a lifeline over a pit. “Renounce what you did. Help us find them. Help us clean up the mess you made.”Richard stepped closer, his voice dropping to a desperate, paternal growl. “This is your last chance, son. Be a man. Be part of this family. Or…” He trailed off, the alternative too grim to voice.Robert finished it for him, his tone chillingly matter-of-fact. “Or you will be excised. You will be locked away. Not in
Chapter 357
As Wilfreda and Janelle descended a narrow service staircase into the lower depths of the estate, the atmosphere changed. The sterile, dungeon-like halls gave way to corridors with keypad-locked doors, visible security cameras in every corner, and the low murmur of radios.They pressed themselves into an alcove as a pair of guards marched past, armed not with rifles but with compact submachine guns, their eyes scanning professionally. Wilfreda’s heart, already hammering from the run and the horror of leaving Harry, sank into a cold, leaden weight. “We can’t,” Janelle breathed, her voice trembling with a new kind of fear. “Wilfreda, look at it. We’ll never get through. They’ll cut us down before we take two steps.”Wilfreda’s mind raced, assessing with a clarity born of desperation. Janelle was right. Harry’s directions had gotten them to the beast’s lair, but they had no weapons, no codes, no disguises. Charging that checkpoint wasn’t bravery; it was suicide. A suicide that would w
Chapter 356
Down the corridor, Wilfreda skidded to a stop. Janelle, a few paces ahead, turned back, her eyes wide with panic. "Wilfreda, come on!"But Wilfreda had heard it. The sickening thud of blows landing, the choked cry of pain that was unmistakably Harry's. It sliced through her focus like a shard of glass. Her feet felt rooted to the spot. Helsin was ahead, in terrible danger. But Harry was behind them, and that gun... she’d seen it in Christopher's hand."We can't leave him," she whispered, the words tearing from her throat. "Janelle, he'll kill him."Janelle ran back, grabbing Wilfreda's arm. Her grip was surprisingly strong. "Wilfreda, listen to me! He told us to run. He's buying us time. If we go back, we all get caught and Harry's sacrifice is for nothing."Tears streamed down Wilfreda's face, a torrent of anguish and guilt. She was being torn in two. The memory of Harry's arms around her, his vow—"Where you go, I go"—warred with the image of her mother, alone and at Robert's mercy.
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“Christopher,” Harry said, his voice carefully level. He subtly shifted, placing himself more squarely between the threat and Wilfreda and Janelle. “This doesn’t have to get worse. Just walk away. Things are bad enough as it is.”Christopher’s lazy smile widened into something cruel and knowing. He took a slow, deliberate step forward, his polished shoes clicking on the stone. “Walk away? While you play the hero with our fathers' property?” He let out a low, mocking chuckle. “You always were a slow learner, Harry. But maybe you’re confused about the fundamentals.”His cold eyes flicked to Wilfreda, then back to Harry. “Let me remind you, in case your dear old Dad never spelled it out. That O’Connor name you’re so recklessly defending? The blood you think you’re betraying?” He paused for maximum effect. “It’s not in your veins. It’s not in mine. We’re both just… well-cared-for cuckoos in the nest. Any attempt to protect a true O’Connor bloodline…” he gestured dismissively at Wilfreda,
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