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chapter 141
Chapter 141Location: Old Romanov Shipyard – Sector 6B – 3:44 PMAiden stepped out of the armored black vehicle, his coat billowing in the cold coastal wind. The abandoned shipyard was rusted and forgotten, buried beneath decades of neglect — a place chosen specifically for its lack of surveillance.He scanned the area. Broken cranes. Empty containers. Salt air. Silence.Then a figure appeared from the shadows — slender, sharp-eyed, wrapped in a gray coat and scarf.Kara DuMont.She approached with cautious grace, one hand tucked inside her coat."You brought company?" she asked, glancing at the small drone circling high overhead.Aiden gave a tight nod. “Security. Minimal. Just eyes in the sky.”Kara stopped in front of him and crossed her arms.“You said you had something that could burn Zain out of existence. I came. Now show me.”Aiden handed over a sealed black envelope and a small encrypted USB drive. “Everything is in there — Zain’s corporate shell games, the trust dismantling
chapter 140
Romanov Mansion – in Surveillance War Room The walls hummed with soft digital life. Screens flickered with security feeds, financial data, and encrypted comm lines. In the center of it all, Aiden and Silvana stood before the main console, the flash drive Gregory gave them slowly decrypting.Silvana leaned over the workstation, a blanket around her shoulders. She looked pale — the pregnancy, stress, and constant tension had drained her, but her mind remained sharp.Aiden watched the files populate: legal documents, internal memos, shell corporation trails. His jaw tightened.“Zain’s proposal wasn’t about board oversight,” Silvana murmured, her fingers flying over the keyboard. “It’s corporate vivisection.”Aiden leaned in. “Explain.”She pulled up a flowchart titled:> ‘Post-Vote Asset Realignment: Phase One – De-Romanov Transition Protocol’“This wasn’t about stripping you of power,” she said, her voice low and shaken. “It was about making sure you can never regain it. The board vot
chapter 139
Romanov Mansion – Study Room The room was dimly lit, cluttered with folders, maps, open laptops. Silvana stood barefoot by the window, rubbing her belly gently as she stared into the night.Aiden paced.“We need at least two votes flipped to survive the next meeting,” he said, his voice low but intense. “Gregory is the closest. If we break him, we fracture Zain’s momentum.”Silvana nodded. “Then let’s start with him.”Aiden stopped pacing. “He’s too careful. Too cold. Money won’t move him, threats won’t scare him.”Silvana turned. “What about shame?”Aiden blinked. “Shame?”She reached into a nearby file. “Gregory’s son, Julian. You remember him?”“Barely.”“He vanished from public life after the scandal in Florence two years ago. There was a quiet cover-up about an overdose in a senator’s daughter's apartment. But what no one knew… is that Julian didn’t disappear for rehab.”She pulled out a photo. Grainy. Time-stamped. Julian Blackwood… in Lisbon, leaving a safehouse known for laun
chapter 138
Chapter 138The vote had concluded. The damage was done.Gregory Blackwood exited the boardroom with the smug ease of a man who had just stabbed someone — and made them thank him for it.His phone buzzed. A quick message from Zain:“Well played. He’s off balance.”Gregory smirked to himself and turned the corner—Only to find Silvana standing alone in the hallway, waiting.She wore a sleek black coat, her dark hair tied back, one hand tucked in her pocket. There was no smile. No warmth. Just cool, calculated fury behind her eyes.“Gregory,” she said calmly.He stopped, caught off guard for the briefest second before slipping back into his smug persona.“Silvana,” he said, his voice oily. “You look radiant, as always. Shouldn’t you be—resting?”“I should,” she said. “But watching you twist knives into Aiden’s back makes it hard to sleep.”Gregory chuckled, stepping closer. “Come now. You know how this works. Business is war. If Aiden wanted to stay on top, he should’ve seen this coming
Chapter 137
The sound of steel boots slamming against marble floors echoed through the hallway.Aiden was the first through the stairwell door, followed by Harper and three tactical agents clad in black. Their weapons were lowered, but their precision was clinical — every angle, every shadow swept with lethal awareness.Harper raised his hand. “Stack left. Entry on my mark—”The team flanked the suite door.The battering ram hit once. Twice.On the third, the door burst inward with a crash.The suite was empty.Too quiet.Too clean.Aiden’s heart thundered in his chest. “ZIA—!”He sprinted to her room, yanked the door open — no one. The sheets were crumpled, the stuffed cat on the floor. The watch… gone.Harper entered behind him, eyes already scanning.“She’s gone,” Aiden rasped, disbelief washing over him like a cold wave. “They took her…”Two Floors Below – Maintenance Elevator ShaftEarlier…A narrow service hatch hissed open.Amelia crouched, sweat dampening her forehead, her arms wrapped ti
chapter 136
Chapter 136Amelia Reyes paced the study, her phone clenched tightly in her palm. The conversation she just ended with Braise had been tense. Harper was closing in. Braise warned her to stay low. But everything was tightening around her — Zain growing impatient, Braise losing control, and Aiden's silence growing too deliberate.She poured herself a glass of water, trying to suppress the fluttering in her chest.> “Calm. Breathe. They still believe the lie. You’re still in control…”But then — something made her freeze.A chirp. A faint digital click.She turned.Her eyes darted to the hallway leading to Zia’s room.Another soft chirp. A flicker of pale blue light through the slight crack in the bedroom door.Amelia’s heart slammed against her ribs.She crept forward — barefoot, slow — and gently pushed open the door.Zia was curled up in bed, still hugging her stuffed cat… but the small digital watch on her wrist was glowing. Dim. Silent. But unmistakably active.Amelia stepped insid
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