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Bound By Billionaire Secrets    The Hidden Matters
The Hidden Masters The wind howled through the desert, however none of the people moved. The Harbingerâs shadowy shape flickered, moving among something strong and unreal. It stood there, silent, waiting. Vanessaâs sparkling eyes narrowed. âYou stated the actual battle hasnât started but .â The Harbinger tilted its head. âBecause your enemy has now no longer but discovered itself.â Rachel crossed her arms. âOh, fantastic. Another mysterious, all- effective organization of assholes?â Ethan scowled. âWho the hell are they?â Harbinger's voice became calm. âThey are referred to as The Architects.â My belly tightened.âThe Architects?â The Harbingerâs shape shifted, and suddenlyâ The sky above us changed. An imaginative and prescient exploded into our minds. The Ones Who Built Everything We werenât on Earth anymore. We stood in a metropolis of mild and shadowy, towering spires stretching right into a sky that didnât belong to any planet. The air hummed with energ
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-02-10Bound By Billionaire Secrets    Vanessa vs. The Architect
Vanessa vs. The Architects The sky cracked open. The Architectsâbeings past time, past realityâhad ultimately observed Vanessa. And they didnât like what they saw. âERROR.â Rachel whispered, âDid they simply say error?â Vanessa smirked. âOh, I love that.â Thenâshe attacked. The Battle of Will Vanessa didnât use weapons. She didnât hearthplace bullets.She rewrote reality. The air around her burned with uncooked energy. The wasteland twisted, reshaping underneath her feet. She becomes combating them in their very own language. And for the primary timeâthe Architects hesitated. One of themâa towering mass of liquid metallic and transferring equationsâspoke. âEntity identified: Carter-Vanessa.â âDesignation: Error. Correction required.â Vanessaâs eyes flashed. âCome and try.â The Architects Strike Back The international scene was blurred. Not like movement. Like the whole lot being rewritten at once.Rachel staggered. âIâI canâtââ Her face flickered.Ethan
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-02-10Bound By Billionaire Secrets    The Final Rewrite
The Final Rewrite The void trembled. We stood at the threshold of existence, going through the Architects of their real shape . Towering monoliths of moving mild and spirals of residing code, entities up to now past human comprehension that even searching at them felt like an attack. Ethan became on his knees, gasping. Rachel gritted her teeth, her palms shaking. The Harbinger stood immobile beside me, its shape flickering.And Vanessa? Vanessa stood tall. Her sparkling eyes burned, defying the gods of this universe. âYour rule ends today.â The Architects moved. And truth shattered. The War of Ideas This wasnât a conflict of weapons. Not of bullets. Not of blades. This became a strugglefare of thought. A strugglefare of manage over the very material of truth . The Architects werenât preventing us physically. They have been rewriting us, erasing us from existenceâline via way of means of line, reminiscence via way of means of reminiscence . Rachel gasped. âIâI canâtââ
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-02-10Bound By Billionaire Secrets    The Anniversary That Never Was
The Anniversary That Never Was I stood in front of the conceited mirror, adjusting the diamond bracelet Alex had proficient me in the remaining year. The diamonds glittered below the smooth bed room light, however the sight of them stuffed me with bitterness in place of joy. Tonight became alleged to be our fourth wedding ceremony anniversary, but the silence of our penthouse spoke louder than words. The grand dinner desk downstairs becomes set with great china and crystal glasses, the heady fragrance of freshly baked soufflÃĐ lingering withinside the air. I had spent hours with the chef, cautiously curating Alexâs favored meal. The flower arrangements had been flawlessâwhite lilies, my favourite , even though I doubted heâd even notice. I glanced at the clock. 8: forty seven p.m. He became alleged to be domestic via means of seven. I pulled out my telecel smartphone and opened my messages. Anita: Alex, wherein are you? Dinner is ready. The message was confirmed as delivere
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-01-19Bound By Billionaire Secrets    A Face From the Past
A Face From the Past As the elevator doors slid open, the sight earlier than me stopped me in my tracks. âEthan?â I whispered, my voice slightly audible. Standing there, protecting a bouquet of sunflowers, became Ethan Carter. My Ethan. The boy from my small- city excessive school, the only who used to make me chuckle till my aspects hurt. Heâd been my first-rate pal earlier than lifestyles pulled us in one-of-a-kind directions. He seemed one-of-a-kind nowâolder, extra refined. His soon as shaggy blond hair became well trimmed, and the informal jeans-and-hoodie appearance were changed with the aid of using a tailor-made military suit. But the ones piercing blue eyes hadnât changed, and that they had been locked on me with a combination of wonder and recognition. âAnita,â he said, moving into the elevator as though he belonged there. His voice became deeper than I remembered, however the warm temperature became nonetheless the same. I blinked, looking to method the coincide
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-01-19Bound By Billionaire Secrets    Shadows of the Past
Shadows of Past I stared at my telecel smartphone , Alexâs call evident again at me like a ghost from the existence I changed into seeking to go away behind. My hands hovered over the screen, torn among starting the message and tossing my telecel smartphone throughout the room. Finally, I study it. Alex: âAnita, I recognise I messed up. Please, simply provide me with a danger to explain. Call me.â Explain? What should he probably say to undo 4 years of forgetting about and damaging promises? My chest tightened, anger surging through me like a wildfire. I locked my telecel smartphone and threw it onto the couch. I wasnât prepared to address Alexâ now no longer this night , now no longer ever. Instead, I grew to become interested in the small, moderately supplied condo I now referred to as home. The faint hum of the heater crammed the silence, and the best mild got here from the flickering candle at the espresso table. It changed into a much cry from the penthouse I had simp
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-01-19Bound By Billionaire Secrets    Confrontation
Confrontations Ethanâs forehead furrowed as he studied my expression. âHeâs coming here? As of now?â I nodded, my grip tightening on my phone. âI donât realize how he even determined me. I didnât inform him where I turned into staying.â Ethanâs jaw tightened, his easy going demeanor changed through something extra protective. âDo you need to look at him?â âNo,â I stated firmly. The notion of dealing with Alex so quickly after strolling out made my belly churn. âBut I donât know how to forestall him.â Ethan glanced at the road at the back of us as though looking forward to Alex to seem at any moment. âLetâs get out of here. We can move someplace he wonât discover you.â His phrases had been steady, however the anxiety in his voice betrayed his concern. Before I may want to respond, he reached out and lightly touched my arm, grounding me withinside the moment. âYou donât need to do that alone, Anita.â His reassurance turned into like a lifeline, and for the primary time in
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-01-19Bound By Billionaire Secrets    A War of Words
A War of Words The anxiety withinside the room turned into suffocating. Alexâs piercing gaze shifted from me to Ethan, and I may want to see the wheels handing over his head, calculating, assessing. âAnita,â Alex said, his tone deceptively calm, âwhatâs taking place right here ? Who is this?â I opened my mouth to answer, however Ethan stepped forward, his stance protective. âIâm an antique friend. Iâm right here due to the fact Anita merits to sense safeâ some thing Iâm guessing she hasnât felt in a while.â Alexâs jaw tightened, and I noticed a flicker of anger flash in his eyes. âThis doesnât difficulty you,â he said, his voice hardening. âThis is among my spouse and me.â âEx-spouse,â I corrected, my voice consistent notwithstanding the knot forming in my stomach. Alex flinched, the phrase touchdown like a bodily blow. âWeâre now no longer divorced yet,â he said, turning to stand me. âAnd Iâm right here to ensure it doesnât come to that.â Ethan didnât lower back down. âI
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Bound By Billionaire Secrets    The Final Rewrite
The Final Rewrite The void trembled. We stood at the threshold of existence, going through the Architects of their real shape . Towering monoliths of moving mild and spirals of residing code, entities up to now past human comprehension that even searching at them felt like an attack. Ethan became on his knees, gasping. Rachel gritted her teeth, her palms shaking. The Harbinger stood immobile beside me, its shape flickering.And Vanessa? Vanessa stood tall. Her sparkling eyes burned, defying the gods of this universe. âYour rule ends today.â The Architects moved. And truth shattered. The War of Ideas This wasnât a conflict of weapons. Not of bullets. Not of blades. This became a strugglefare of thought. A strugglefare of manage over the very material of truth . The Architects werenât preventing us physically. They have been rewriting us, erasing us from existenceâline via way of means of line, reminiscence via way of means of reminiscence . Rachel gasped. âIâI canâtââ
Bound By Billionaire Secrets    Vanessa vs. The Architect
Vanessa vs. The Architects The sky cracked open. The Architectsâbeings past time, past realityâhad ultimately observed Vanessa. And they didnât like what they saw. âERROR.â Rachel whispered, âDid they simply say error?â Vanessa smirked. âOh, I love that.â Thenâshe attacked. The Battle of Will Vanessa didnât use weapons. She didnât hearthplace bullets.She rewrote reality. The air around her burned with uncooked energy. The wasteland twisted, reshaping underneath her feet. She becomes combating them in their very own language. And for the primary timeâthe Architects hesitated. One of themâa towering mass of liquid metallic and transferring equationsâspoke. âEntity identified: Carter-Vanessa.â âDesignation: Error. Correction required.â Vanessaâs eyes flashed. âCome and try.â The Architects Strike Back The international scene was blurred. Not like movement. Like the whole lot being rewritten at once.Rachel staggered. âIâI canâtââ Her face flickered.Ethan
Bound By Billionaire Secrets    The Hidden Matters
The Hidden Masters The wind howled through the desert, however none of the people moved. The Harbingerâs shadowy shape flickered, moving among something strong and unreal. It stood there, silent, waiting. Vanessaâs sparkling eyes narrowed. âYou stated the actual battle hasnât started but .â The Harbinger tilted its head. âBecause your enemy has now no longer but discovered itself.â Rachel crossed her arms. âOh, fantastic. Another mysterious, all- effective organization of assholes?â Ethan scowled. âWho the hell are they?â Harbinger's voice became calm. âThey are referred to as The Architects.â My belly tightened.âThe Architects?â The Harbingerâs shape shifted, and suddenlyâ The sky above us changed. An imaginative and prescient exploded into our minds. The Ones Who Built Everything We werenât on Earth anymore. We stood in a metropolis of mild and shadowy, towering spires stretching right into a sky that didnât belong to any planet. The air hummed with energ
Bound By Billionaire Secrets    The Return to Earth
The Return to Earth The Harbingers watched.Waiting. Listening. The Other Anita smiled. âOne folks leaves with you.âI exhaled sharply. âThen letâs get this over with.â The void trembled. The doorway at the back of me flickered.I clenched my fists, taking a step forwardâ And the entirety collapsed.ReentryI gasped. My lungs burned. My pores and skin felt real again. I fell.Atmosphere. Gravity. The weight of a global underneath me. I broke via typhoon clouds, hurtling closer to an acquainted blue planet.And thenâ I crashed. Earth, Again The global slammed into me. I hit the floor hard, rolling throughout the sand. The effect stole my breathâ however I became alive. I lay there for a moment, staring up at the sky. Normal. Blue.Real. Rachelâs voice screamed from a distance. âANITA!âI became my head. Rachel and Ethan had been strolling closer to me.Vanessa stood at the back of them, her eyes glowing.I groaned. âMiss me?â Ethan hauled me up. âNever do this aga
Bound By Billionaire Secrets    The Cage of Light
The Cage of LightThe station trembled because the Harbingers closed in.Reality fractured round usâtime slipping, gravity twisting. Vanessaâs sparkling eyes locked onto the not possible shapes transferring withinside the void. âI can construct the cage.âEthan exhaled. âGreat. Love that. Now inform me of the element in which we live on this.â Vanessaâs expression darkened. âOne person wonât.âRachel froze. âWaitâwhat?â Vanessa grew to become me. âThe cage needs to be sealed from the inside.âThe Cost of VictoryThe Harbingers pressed forward, their forms erasing the area itself. I clenched my fists. âVanessa, inform me you've got another way.â She shook her head. âThis is the way it needs to be.â Rachelâs voice cracked. âThatâs bullshit.â Vanessa grew to become returned to the manipulate panel. Light burned round her palms.âThe Watchers constructed this community to postpone the Harbingers.ââI can adjust itâto entice them forever.âEthan growled. âAnd who remains b
Bound By Billionaire Secrets    The Coming Threat
The Coming ThreatVanessa stood on the manipulate panel, her sparkling eyes watching something best she may want to see. Ethan shifted uneasily. âYou wanna begin explaining what precisely is coming?â Vanessa didnât flow for a moment. Then she grew to become, her voice quiet.âThey are referred to as the Harbingers.âRachel crossed her arms. âGreat. That sounds friendly.â I exhaled. âTell us everything.â Vanessa hesitated. Then, in a voice slightly above a whisper, she spoke. âThe Watchers had been by no means the architects of this universe.ââThey had been âĶ a failed experiment.ââA test. A mistake.â Ethan frowned. âWait. Youâre pronouncing the Watchersâthe matters that attempted to erase humanityâ as simply any individual elseâs project?â Vanessa nodded. âAnd now, their creators have returned.â The War Before TimeThe satellite tv for pc monitors flickeredâimages, symbols, whole histories flooding the monitors. Vanessa motioned to them. âThe Watchers referred to th
Bound By Billionaire Secrets    The Final Hack
The Final HackThe satellite tv for pc shook violently because the Watchersâ ships closed in.We had mins earlier than they tore via the station and erased us from existence. Vanessa turned into the manager panel, her arms flying over the interface. âI'm their gadget. But itâs now no longer only a sign âitâs a community.â I gritted my teeth. âCan you close it down?â Vanessa hesitated. Then she whispered, ââĶI can take it.âRachel frowned. âWaitâwhat?â Vanessa came towards us, eyes wild with realization.âI canât simply kill the sign. I can override it. I can take care of The Watchersâ community.â Ethan exhaled sharply. âAnd what takes place in case you do?â Vanessa swallowed. âIâll be inside their gadget . And theyâll be inside me.âA pulse of strength rocked the station. We had been out of time.The Choice That Ends the War Rachel shook her head. âNo. No way. Vanessa, thatâs insane.â Ethan gritted his teeth. âYou donât even recognise if you can live on that!â
Bound By Billionaire Secrets    The Final Mission
The Final Mission The countdown has begun. Not the Watchersâ countdown. Ours.Area 51âs categorized release bay buzzed with frantic pastime because the ultimate remnants of the human resistance scrambled to put together for what turned into probably the maximum critical challenge in human history.And I turned it into the main one. God assist us all.The Plan: Steal the Signal, Save the WorldVanessa labored furiously at a managed terminal, her eyes scanning traces of statistics at inhuman speed. Rachel adjusted her gear. âI definitely hate the area.â Ethan smirked. âYou preserve your pronunciation.â Rachel shot him a glare. âYeah, due to the fact whenever we move up there, some not possible nightmare attempts to kill us.â I exhaled. âThen letâs make this our ultimate trip.â Vanessa completed typing and became closer to us. âI located it. The Watchersâ manage sign is broadcasting from a satellite tv for pc in deep orbitâ something now no longer logged in any reliable
Bound By Billionaire Secrets    The Last Resistance
The Last ResistanceThe internationals came to an end.The Watchers werenât invading. They had been erased. Governments had collapsed. Capitals had vanished.And yetâsomehowâhumanity wasnât completely fighting.The Run to Area fifty one The black ops shipping roared throughout the Nevada desert, kicking up dirt as we raced in the direction of the handiest stronghold left.Rachel wiped sweat from her brow. âOkay, I want to mention itâhow the hell is Area fifty one real?â Vanessa, nonetheless operating on decrypting The Watchers Initiative, didnât appear from her laptop. âItâs now no longer simply real. Itâs been preparing for this second for decades.â Ethan checked his rifle. âSo what, they constantly knew?â Vanessa nodded. âThey didnât simply understand . They labored for them.â I exhaled sharply. âAnd now?â Vanessaâs voice became grim. âNow theyâre operating in opposition to them.âThe base got here into view. And it wasnât abandoned.The Underground War RoomArea fifty
