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The explosion tore through the docks.Heat seared the air. The wooden planks splintered, flames exploded and for that instant — all was a frenzy.The shockwave hit her, tossing Maya back. The front of her helmet slammed into the ground, ringing and debris showering around her.She spotted Zane through the smoke.Charging forward. Gun drawn. Eyes burning.Coming for her.Her heart beat violently against her ribs.But before she could go — a hand pulled her back.Alexander.“Get up!” he barked. “We need to move!”Maya’s pulse spiked. Dizzily, she pushed off the ground and looked up —Directly into the eyes of the man she thought she’d never see again.Her father.Not Charles Davis.Her real father.The man that she had been told was dead.A shiver ran down her spine.Tall. Imposing. Dressed in black, his sharp green eyes — her eyes — fixed on her like a predator studying its quarry.Maya’s breath caught.“You’re alive,” she said in a whisper.Her father’s lips curled. “Surprised?”Maya
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The night erupted into war.Gunfire pierced the air. The blades of a helicopter whirred overhead, stirring waves in the black sea below. The docks, which had anointed them all, had been a deathbed, silent and empty—there was no one here to kill—and wrought with blood and flame.Maya moved on instinct.She ducked low behind a cargo crate as bullets cracked wood above her. Splinters showered down, her heart thundering in her ribs.On the other side of the battlefield, Zane was a force of nature.He moved like a predator, slow and lethal. He hardly missed, and every single bullet hit. Each movement was deliberate, measured.These assassins, however, were no ordinary men.They were trained.They were enhanced.And they weren’t there to kill.They were here to take Maya.The HuntZane saw it instantly.How the assassins maneuvered around her, blocking escape routes. They weren’t just attacking. They were herding.A shudder ran down his spine.They’re attempting to capture her.His silver e
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Maya’s world tilted. Each syllable cut her raw, the words ringing in her skull.“You were never only Maya Davis.“You were meant to rule them, Maya.”No. No, it couldn’t be true.She was breathing in little, shallow gulps.Her pulse thundered. Her knees felt like they would give out.Because if this was real… If this was true…Then it had all—her whole life—been a lie.Zane’s RegretZane watched the moment the truth shattered her.Saw the betrayal flash in her green eyes.Wince with sympathy for himself.He had known. For weeks.He had uncovered the files. The experiments. The genetic engineering.The truth that Maya had been engineered, not simply born.And he had kept it from her.He had lied.To protect her.To give her time.To keep her from breaking.But now?Now Luca had torn off the bandage.And Maya was bleeding.She staggered backward.Zane reached for her—She flinched away.His chest tightened.“Maya,” he said, low, rough voice.Her eyes were blazing; she shook her head.“Y
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Maya felt her breath hitch in her throat. Her heart pounded against her ribs. The revelation cut through her like a freight train, Zane’s words. Her world had just crumbled into dust, and none of it added up.She wasn’t just Maya Davis. This wasn’t just some girl who found herself in the crossfire of a war that had nothing to do with her. She was the heir to the Order.She glanced at Zane, hoping he would withdraw it, that he would claim it was a lie. But his expression didn’t change. There was no doubt, no wavering in his voice when he said it.“You were destined to rule them, Maya.”Her and him were set to meet but the heaviness of his words weighed on her.She was staring down at the gun pressed against her skull, hearing Luca’s cold laughter in her ears. He had not yet said much, but his language was poisonous. Everything about this moment felt like some kind of sordid nightmare she couldn’t escape.“You’re the only one who can bring them together,” Luca added, his voice icy, mock
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The world slowed.Maya experienced all, and nothing, at the same time.Luca’s gun pressed against her temple.A breath that sunk deep like the rumble of a cannon as Zane prepared to take his shot; his silver eyes the very storm, filled with turmoil.The muffled screams, gunfire and chaos swirling around them.But in this moment — it was just those three.A trinity of hatred, power, and an irretrievable history.Luca pressed down on her arm.“Let’s end this, brother.”Zane’s jaw clenched.“Let her go.”Luca chuckled. “Oh, Zane. Still so predictable.”Maya stared at him.At the arrogance.The madness.And then she knew — he was never coming back from this.To be fair, Luca Moretti crossed the line.And he wasn’t about to turn back.Zane’s fingers ghosted his trigger. “I won’t ask again.”Luca tilted his head. Mocking. Calculating.Waiting.Then he leaned over and whispered in her ear — low enough for Zane to catch.“He does not have enough strength to kill me.”Maya moved first.The Bre
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The world around Maya disappeared in a haze.The dock, the bodies, the smoldering wreckage of the helicopters — they all receded against the background thrum of her pounding heart.She couldn’t stop looking at her.The woman in front of them, with the same piercing silver eyes as Zane.The woman who wasn’t supposed to be there.Zane’s twin sister.Maya’s mind whirled, reaching for logic, for sense.This wasn’t possible.Zane had never told a mention of a sister.Had never mentioned another Moretti.And yet—here she was.Standing with the kind of calm confidence of someone who owned the night.The gun still steadied in her grasp as her dark hair whipped the wind; it was as if she was waiting just as much for another excuse to try it again.Luca lay groaning on the ground, blood gushing out of him. But nobody was listening to him anymore.The war had just shifted.An unwilling voice took effort but Maya swallowed hard. “Who… are you?”The woman smirked, her full attention on Maya now.“
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The bullet sliced through the air like a lightning bolt.Maya didn’t hesitate. Didn’t think. Didn’t blink.That is the moment she knew, once she pulled the trigger.She had just declared war.Her true father — the man who had staged this entire nightmare, the one who had stayed hidden, manipulating, patient — had finally been dragged into the light.The shot was perfect. Precise.But the bastard was faster.He ducked at the last possible moment, the bullet grazing his shoulder rather than entering his heart.Maya gritted her teeth.Damn it.At her side in a heartbeat, Zane’s silver eyes flashing with something dark and lethal.Elara smirked. “You really are a Moretti.”Maya ignored her. Her eyes were still fixed on him.Her father.He felt the wound at his shoulder and looked at the blood on his fingers as if it were no more than a mild inconvenience.Then, he smiled.A slow, knowing, terrifying grin.“I was praying you would do that,” he said.Maya’s stomach dropped.What?The assass
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The shot rang out into the night.Maya’s hands didn’t shake. She didn’t hesitate.The bullet hit Luca’s chest when she pulled the trigger.He staggered.His grin faltered.For a brief instant, he seemed… almost entertained.Then—he collapsed.Silence.Heavy. Absolute.It felt as if the world held its breath.And then—Chaos erupted.The Aftermath of a DecisionZane reached out for her, grabbing at her wrist.“What in the hell did you just do?”Maya pulled her arm away, panting sharply, unevenly.“I did what had to be done,” she said, her voice steadier than she had expected.Zane’s silver eyes burned. “No. “You did exactly what they wanted.”His words landed in Maya’s chest like a stone.The Order had set a trap.And she had walked right into it.”Her father smiled, slowly and with satisfaction. “She understands now.”Maya wheeled on him, fury sizzling through her veins.“You orchestrated this,” she said.Her father’s eyes were placid. Unapologetic.“Luca was fated to fall.”Maya’s st
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Maya paced her Moretti Corp. office as the weight of the impending war hung heavy on her shoulders. The early-morning sun poured in through the floor-to-ceiling windows, bathing the sleek interior in a golden light, but she hardly noticed. The papers on her desk began to fade together and her mind raced through the alternatives.Gabriel had made his move. He had gone after her history, her marriage, the life she had built so painstakingly. And yet she was unafraid — just seething with determination.Her phone buzzed again. Another message from Zane.Zane: We need to talk. Now.Maya let out a sharp breath, suppressing a rising irritation just under the skin. She took her phone and answered.Maya: Meet me in my office. Bring Victor.Nine minutes later, the door opened and Zane came walking in with Victor hot on his heels. Zane’s face was hard to read, but his shoulders were tense. He was angry — but not at her.Victor, always a cool mastermind, tossed a file onto her desk with an air of
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The day arrived too soon, dragging Maya back into the ice-well of their war with Gabriel. She paced the window at her penthouse, coffee clutched in hand, watching the city below her stir. The weight of last night’s meeting with Philip Marquez was still heavy in her mind. They had won a skirmish, but the war was still in its early stages.Next, her phone vibrated on the marble counter. A message from Zane.Zane: Victor got the first buyouts. Gabriel will be feeling the squeeze soon. Meet me at the office.Maya drank the rest of her coffee and replied by text.Maya: On my way.Her husband, Adrian, had already left for the day. Their marriage was a matter of practicality rather than of love. It was a strategic maneuver — a winning of alliances and of power. Love had never been in the contract.But still, she couldn’t help but ache at the thought of the what-ifs.Brushing the thought aside, she got dressed, putting on the armor of the woman she had become.Moretti Corp – War RoomZane was
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Maya sat across from Zane in his office, eyes fixed on the latest reports spread across his desk. The tension between them was palpable, though unspoken. She knew that tight-jawed look—something wasn't right. Breaking the thick silence, she said, "Well? Are you going to tell me what has you so troubled, or must we sit here all evening stewing in uncertainty?"Zane didn't look up from the pages. "We lost three major investors this morning. Gabriel is sabotaging us financially just as he tried through his connections in The Order."Maya sighed heavily. "Do you have proof it's him pulling the strings?"Zane tossed the folder aside and pinched the bridge of his nose. "I don't need proof when I know his methods. He wants to crush Moretti Corp and he won't stop until he succeeds."Her eyes narrowed with steely resolve. "Then two can play at his game. If he aims to strangle us through our funds, we'll retaliate in kind."A trace of a smirk crossed Zane's stern features. "Spoken like a true p
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The tension hanging over the room was palpable, with the weight of their impending choice bearing down on everyone. No turning back now—every action going forward could fortify their authority or shatter it completely.Maya placed her glass down deliberately against the polished table, her keen green eyes locking onto Zane’s. “If we’re moving ahead, it has to be flawless. No errors. No vulnerabilities.”Leaning in, Zane returned her gaze with calculated intensity glowing in his silver eyes. “I agree. We strike where they least anticipate financially, strategically. We take control before they realize what’s transpiring.”Sprawled casually in one of the leather chairs, Victor let out a low chuckle. “You two truly have a way of making corporate warfare sound sexier than shootouts.”Maya arched a brow. “Because it is.”Luca smirked from across the room. “I have to admit, witnessing this side of you, Maya, is unexpected. You appear to be genuinely enjoying the challenge.”Maya exhaled, cr
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Maya perched at the head of a long glass conference table in Moretti Corp’s executive suite, tightening her grip on the edge of the financial report before her. The numbers did not seem to be adding up. Billions were on the move — just not where they were meant to be.She let out a breath through gritted teeth, forcing the unsettled feeling in her gut to subside. If this was what she suspected it was, they had a much bigger problem then The Order’s politics.Zane wore the endless scruff of a day’s stubble, and as he stood facing the skyline through the floor-to-ceiling window, hands in his pockets, his expression unreadable. That was how he’d been all morning — still, methodical, his mind racing a hundred moves ahead. But Maya knew him too well.He was waiting. For confirmation. For proof. For the moment he was able to flip the game on its head.Maya broke the silence. “We have a leak.”Zane didn’t turn around. “How bad?”Maya swallowed. “Bad. Money is being siphoned off in dribs and
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In the conference room, everything was polished elegance. In the center was a long, dark wooden table with high-backed leather chairs surrounding it. The quiet hum of brief conversations and the sound of footsteps down the hall indicated the weight that had become almost palpable in the air of the building itself. Helena tapped her fingers lightly on the table as she stared through the window. She was not thinking of the view, or of the empire to which she belonged; she was thinking about the invisible chessboard before her. Today, it wasn’t bloodshed or conquest; today, it was about manipulation, persuasion and control.Her thoughts are broken by the sound of heels snapping against the marble floor. She gazed upward, her frigid eyes meeting the silhouette that walked in.“You’re late,” she said, her tone smooth, though with a sharp edge.“I had some… business to take care of,” Elena said, the smile on her face a little tight, insufficient. She stepped toward the table, each step long
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“Well I tried.” Maya said calmly, drumming her fingers on the sleek, polished surface of the table. Tall windows poured in the morning light, bathed the skyline in gold. It was nearly serene — if not for the storm brewing deep down.This was an alternate type of battlefield. No guns. No explosions. Only power, strategy and control. And in many respects, it was more perilous than any of the wars they had fought.Zane worked his cufflinks and his cool silver eyes drifted around the room as executives filed in, all advancing a few steps like cats on concrete, gripped by a primal instinct not to step on toes. They’d all heard Curator General’s whispers — about Gabriel, about the fall of The Order’s inner circle, about the man who had scratched and clawed his way to the top with his trademark ruthlessness.Now? They were wondering if he could hold it.Victor stretched lazily in his seat next to Maya, his smirk curling as he leaned in. “Tell me, princess, are you ready to watch your husband
