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Chapter 19: Isabella Grace Hartfield
The mayor’s daughter was not the type who lived within the boundaries her last name should have forced on her. Everyone in the city knew her, though not in the polite way most daughters of powerful men were known. She was talked about. Whispers followed her wherever she went, a strange mixture of admiration and scandal.Her name was Isabella Grace Hartfield.Even her name sounded like it wanted to escape something — a name meant to be carved on plaques, written in gilded letters on scholarship endowments, or delivered in speeches at banquets. But Isabella never seemed to care about any of that. To the city, she was “the mayor’s wildflower.” To her father, she was a problem he both adored and could never quite control.She was a free spirit through and through. Isabella didn’t play by the quiet rules of politics. She was spotted at open-air concerts without security, laughing in circles of strangers. She showed up at downtown skate parks in expensive shoes that didn’t belong, yet by th
Chapter 18: Time left?
“Vixen, this has to be a joke right?” Johnny paced his tiny living room, the cheap floorboard complaining under his weight. The system notification still hung in his skull like a neon sign he couldn’t shut off.…[Hot Assignment Alert]Task: Kiss the Mayor’s DaughterPenalty: Death of the Mayor’s daughterTime left: 71 hours 50 minutes…[Certainly not, Johnny. This is your new Hot Assignment] V.I.X.E.N. replied, crisp and annoyingly smug.Johnny stopped pacing. “No. No. No. No. No.” He said each word like it could push the command back into whatever black void spawned the system. “In case whatever—whoever is in charge of you hasn’t heard: the mayor’s daughter is missing. Possibly kidnapped. Even if she wasn’t, I don’t know her. You’re asking me to kiss a complete stranger — not just any stranger, but the Mayor’s daughter. Are we insane?”V.I.X.E.N. went quiet for a beat. The apartment hummed around him — the fan, the fridge, the distant city noise. It felt like the world held its b
Chapter 17: Back to Reality
Johnny had never held his breath for so long in his life. His lungs burned, his chest tightened, and yet—he didn’t dare let go. Not until the flashing red-and-blue behind him had faded into the night, not until the station was two blocks, then three, then six blocks away. Only then did he finally exhale, stumbling into the shadow of an alley with the faintest wheeze of relief.He leaned against the cold brick, the rush of Stealth Mode leaving him with a strange aftertaste — like adrenaline mixed with ice water in his veins. His body trembled, not from fear but from the sheer unnatural effort of holding his breath for that long.Still, he was alive. And free.A yellow taxi slowed at the corner, the driver waving at another man. Johnny slipped inside the backseat, the door clicking shut with barely a sound.“Drive,” he ordered on his first breath.The driver nearly jumped out of his skin, twisting around. “What the hell—how did you get in here?”“Just drive.” Johnny’s eyes, sharp and ti
Chapter 16: Under Arrest
Johnny released Oswald’s collar and raised his hands in the air, his blood-streaked knuckles catching the glow of the police lights.She stepped forward from the shadows of the flashing sirens. A woman — no, not just a woman, a presence. The kind of presence that filled a space before her heels even clicked against the pavement. She carried herself with a sleek, dangerous grace, like velvet stretched over steel. From the tilt of her jaw to the sharp glint in her eyes, she wasn’t here to be admired, but she was impossible not to admire.Her hair was pulled back in a severe ponytail that only emphasized the clean lines of her face. The curve of her lips suggested they could smirk or sneer with equal precision. And her figure — athletic, commanding — told Johnny she could probably hold her own in a fight.Johnny’s gaze lingered a second too long, not on one feature in particular, but on the aura she exuded. Confident. Untouchable. A woman who could shackle you with her stare long before
Chapter 15: 21 v 1
Johnny was a little surprised to see two dozen men surrounding him, but with everything that had happened since he woke up from the accident, it was hardly shocking. At this point, the universe throwing a mob at him felt like par for the course.The only question was: who sent this lovely Christmas present?The men stood rigid, forming a circle, their eyes hungry for violence. None moved an inch, but their silence carried its own weight.Johnny’s lips curved in a faint smirk. “I’ll ask again, out of courtesy. Before we get started, would any of you like to walk away?” His voice was calm, low, and icy — the kind of tone that didn’t need to shout to promise blood.A few of them exchanged uneasy looks. Murmurs rippled through the circle. But no one left.Then, a loud, mocking laugh cut through the tension. The crowd split like a curtain, revealing their leader: Oswald Kreele. He stepped forward with his usual arrogance, clapping slowly, theatrically.“You certainly are a man of character
Chapter 14: Tour of the Hotel
“Psychic paper? What the hell is that?” Johnny murmured under his breath, squinting slightly at the glowing notification that had just flashed in his mind.“Excuse me?” Sophie turned her head, her brows lifting in polite confusion.Johnny snapped back with a quick, lazy smile. “Oh, nothing. Just mumbling to myself.” He waved it off, his voice casual enough to pass.“Oh okay” She didn’t press further. Instead, she clasped her tablet to her chest and gestured with her other hand. “This way, please, Johnny.”Johnny followed, but his mind was somewhere else entirely.Shoot… how was he supposed to talk to V.I.X.E.N without looking like a madman arguing with himself in public?[Use your inside voice.]The solution came instantly, clear and sharp, almost as if Vixen had been waiting for him to ask.Johnny smirked. [Inside voice? Cute. Alright then. Now tell me—what the hell is a psychic paper?][Check your left pocket.]Johnny paused mid-step. “Huh?” he muttered before catching himself. He h
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