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CHAPTER 98
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2025-01-09 02:24:20
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The early morning light painted the quiet street in pale hues, but the tension between Zane and the operatives at Elena’s doorstep was anything but calm. Zane’s silver eyes burned with barely restrained fury as he stepped closer to the men, his gun steady in his hand.“Who sent you?” he demanded again, his voice cold and commanding.The smirking operative held Zane’s gaze, defiance flickering in his dark eyes. “You think you’ve won, Moretti? This is far from over.”Zane’s jaw tightened. He wasn’t in the mood for games. “Wrong answer.”Alex moved swiftly, disarming the second man and pinning him against the wall. “Your friend over there may want to play hero,” Alex growled, his voice low and threatening, “but I’m not nearly as patient as he is. Start talking.”The pinned man’s bravado faltered, sweat beading on his brow. “We… we were hired to watch her,” he stammered, his eyes darting toward Elena’s building.“By who?” Zane snapped.“I don’t know the name,” the man said quickly. “We ge
Huling Na-update : 2025-01-09Bound by the Billionaire's Claim CHAPTER 100
The sun was barely up as Zane and Alex drove away from the villa, leaving behind a tense quiet. The villa itself felt like a fortress now, its walls a buffer against the dangers lurking outside, but the people inside knew better. This was just the calm before the storm.Maya stood on the terrace, watching the car disappear down the winding road. A faint breeze tugged at her hair, and for a moment, she allowed herself to feel the weight of her fears.“You’re worried about him,” Elena said, stepping beside her.Maya nodded, her hand instinctively moving to her baby bump. “I always do. But Zane’s strong. He’s handled worse before.”Elena’s blue-gray eyes were thoughtful. “You have a lot of faith in him.”“I do,” Maya said, her voice steady. “He’s the kind of person who won’t stop until he’s protected the people he loves. And I’ll do whatever it takes to protect him too.”---The Search BeginsZane and Alex arrived at the first location Camilla had flagged—a warehouse tucked into the indu
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The aftermath of the siege left the villa in a state of disarray. Broken glass littered the floor, furniture was overturned, and the air was thick with the smell of smoke from a failed diversionary device used by Shadow’s operatives.Maya sat on the couch, her arms wrapped protectively around her baby bump. Zane paced nearby, his silver eyes flashing with anger and frustration. Alex and Camilla worked quickly to secure the villa, while Reese helped Elena calm down.“We can’t stay here,” Zane said finally, his voice sharp. “Shadow knows where we are. It’s only a matter of time before he tries again.”Maya looked up at him, her green eyes steady despite her exhaustion. “Then what’s the plan?”Zane stopped pacing, his gaze locking onto hers. “We take the fight to him. No more waiting, no more reacting. It’s time to end this.”---Formulating a PlanAs the team regrouped in the villa’s study, Camilla projected a map of Europe onto the wall. Several locations were marked in red, representi
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The safe house in Prague was quiet, its dim lighting casting long shadows on the walls. Maya sat at the kitchen table, nursing a cup of tea while Zane stood by the window, his silver eyes scanning the street below.“You’re still on edge,” Maya said softly, watching him.Zane didn’t turn, his voice low. “Shadow might be in custody, but this isn’t over. There are always remnants. People loyal to Helena who won’t stop.”Maya placed her cup down, crossing the room to stand beside him. She rested a hand on his arm, her green eyes filled with quiet determination. “We’ve dealt with worse, Zane. And we’ll face whatever comes next together.”Zane looked down at her, his expression softening. “I don’t know how you stay so strong.”“Because I have you,” Maya said simply.---The Team RegroupsIn the living room, Alex, Reese, and Camilla sat reviewing the aftermath of their mission. Camilla’s laptop hummed as she sifted through Shadow’s encrypted files, while Alex cleaned his weapon methodically.
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The air was thick with anticipation as the team prepared for their next mission. Maya stood in the living room of the safe house, her arms crossed as she watched Zane and Alex review the latest intelligence from Camilla. The map on the screen was littered with red dots, each one representing a potential target tied to Shadow’s network.“This one,” Zane said, pointing to a location near the Swiss border. “It’s a known financial hub for their operations. If we hit it, we’ll cripple their funding.”Alex nodded. “It’ll be well-protected. They’ll know we’re coming.”“Good,” Zane said coldly. “Let them try to stop us.”---Maya’s Growing ConcernMaya stepped forward, her green eyes sharp. “Zane, you’re pushing too hard. You’ve barely rested since the attack on the villa.”Zane turned to her, his expression softening slightly. “We don’t have the luxury of waiting, Maya. Every day we delay gives them more time to regroup.”“But you can’t fight a war on no sleep,” Maya argued. “You’re not invi
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The safe house was silent except for the faint hum of Camilla’s laptop as she pored over the decrypted files. The name The Syndicate was etched into everyone’s minds like a dark shadow that refused to lift.Zane stood by the window, his silver eyes focused on the empty street below. The tension in his posture was unmistakable. Maya watched him from the couch, her hand resting on her baby bump.“You’ve been quiet,” she said softly.Zane glanced at her, his expression unreadable. “I’m trying to make sense of it. If Shadow’s network was just a fraction of what The Syndicate controls, then we’re facing something far bigger than we imagined.”Maya rose, crossing the room to stand beside him. “Bigger doesn’t mean unstoppable, Zane. You’ve taken down Helena, Shadow, and everything they threw at us. We can handle this too.”Zane reached for her hand, his touch grounding. “This isn’t just about us anymore, Maya. It’s about our future, our child’s future. I can’t let this go unchecked.”---Cam
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The safe house grew eerily silent after Camilla’s ominous announcement. Maya stood frozen, her breath hitching as the weight of those words sank in.“Someone knows we’re here,” Camilla repeated, her voice calm but urgent as her fingers flew across the keyboard. “They’re probing the network, trying to breach our firewalls.”Elena’s face paled. “How did they find us?”“It doesn’t matter,” Maya said firmly, her green eyes blazing with determination. “What matters is what we do now.”---Immediate ActionCamilla pulled up the security feeds, scanning for any signs of an external threat. The cameras around the perimeter showed nothing unusual, but the unease in the room was palpable.“We need to prepare to move,” Camilla said, her tone clipped. “If they’ve found us online, it’s only a matter of time before they find us physically.”“Move where?” Elena asked, her voice trembling.Camilla didn’t answer, her focus entirely on fortifying their digital defenses.Maya placed a hand on Elena’s sh
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The new safe house was smaller and less luxurious than the previous one, tucked in a quiet, unassuming neighborhood. Maya sat on the edge of a worn couch, her thoughts racing. The night’s events had left her exhausted, but sleep was far from her reach.Alex moved around the room like a shadow, checking the locks and setting up a temporary security system. His demeanor was calm, but his vigilance was unmistakable. Elena sat by the window, staring out into the darkness, her face pale and drawn.Camilla, the ever-pragmatic hacker, was busy re-establishing their digital security, her fingers flying across her keyboard. “We’ve lost the upper hand,” she muttered, half to herself. “They’re too close now.”---Maya’s FrustrationMaya stood abruptly, pacing the room. “How did it come to this? We’ve been running for months, fighting battles I never imagined. And now, this?”“It’s not over,” Alex said firmly, his tone brooking no argument. “We adapt, we survive. That’s how it works.”Maya stoppe
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Maya’s pulse raced as Luca’s words hung above the group like a heavy smoke. Gabriel Laurent.It wasn’t one of those surprises that should have caught her off guard. The Order was not about cleanliness. There was nothing trustworthy about its leaders. But to hear Luca say it so casually—as if it were the most natural thing in the world—knotted her stomach.Zane reclined in his seat, his silver eyes shrewd, calculating. He wasn’t responding, which meant he was getting creative.Luca smirked. “You look like a man trying to ascertain if I’m lying.”Zane exhaled. “That’s because I am.”Luca let out a low chuckle. “And?”Zane’s fingers rapped the table slowly and deliberately. “And you’re great at misdirection.”Luca clutched a hand to his chest, mock-offended. “That hurts, brother. Truly.”Maya clenched her fists. She hated this. The games, the deceits, the endless mind games where everyone was deceiving, and the only way to live was by out-lying everyone else.She exhaled sharply. “If Gab
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Maya couldn’t sleep.She lay in bed, watching the ceiling, hearing the tick-tock of the clock up on the wall. And it was late — too late — but all that had transpired kept her awake.Her father was gone, at least from the world. For now, the Order had been fooled. But Gabriel’s warning was still ringing in her ears.“If I discover that you are lying, I will put a bullet between your eyes myself.”Maya sucked breath between her teeth, rolling onto her side. They were playing with fire. One wrong move and not just her life would be at stake — Zane’s, Victor’s, Elara’s.How the hell had these gotten here?A knock at the door roused her from her thoughts.She sat up, heart beating a little fast. “Come in.”The door creaked open; Zane stepped through a moment later, his silver eyes bright even in the pallid gloom. He was still wearing his dress shirt, sleeves rolled up, tie looser. Also, he looked like he hadn’t slept.Maya sighed. “You too?”Zane smirked slightly, shutting the door behind
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Zane twisted through the empty roads, the lights of the city twinkling in the distance, their brilliance brought into contrast by the blackness of the sky. Sitting next to him, Maya’s thoughts were full of what they had just gone through. Her father was dead — dead to the world but still somewhere breathing in the mountains.It should have been a relief. It wasn’t.Zane’s silver eyes glanced at her momentarily. “You’re thinking too much.”Maya rolled her eyes, studying the view through the window. “And you’re under thinking simultaneously.”Zane smirked. “On the contrary. I am thinking the right amount.”Maya breathed out, pushing her fingers against her forehead. “This was the easy part, right?”Zane waved his hand, eyes on the road ahead. “Now comes the part where we sell The Order on the idea things went according to plan.”Maya sighed. That was the piece that made her terrified.Neither spoke for a moment, silence echoed in the space between them. At last, Zane spoke up. “How long
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The deal with Charles should have brought relief, but didn’t. Maya felt weighed down with what they were going to do heavy as a vice, tightening every second. There was no going back at this point.She took a slow breath, her eyes fixed on her father’s. “We have less than a twelve hours to make this work.”Charles turned his head, and something unreadable filled his sharp blue eyes. “And if it doesn’t work?”Zane leaned on the desk, silver eyes placid but stern. “Then you’re dead. Either way.”Charles laughed, but it was dry, humorless. “Comforting.” He turned to Maya. “And you? What do you think?”Maya took a deep breath and crossed her arms. “I think if we don’t do this right, The Order isn’t just going to kill you — they’re going to come for me, too.”Charles watched her closely, his face unreadable. “And Moretti? Do you trust him?”Zane smirked, responding before she had a chance. “She don’t gotta trust me. She just has to know I’m better at this than you are.”There was a subdued
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The name on the paper stared back at her, clipped and brutal. Charles Davis.Maya sensed time slow around her, the meeting buzzing with a dull range that faded into the background. Her father.She wasn’t that close to him — not really. Charles Davis was a cold man, a man who saw business as a series of transactions, one after another, with no loss and no emotion, and he had used that machine to build his empire. He was never the warm, doting type. But he was still her blood.And The Order was out to kill him.She fought her body to be still, to keep her face blank while Zane peeled back the paper, reading it with the same dead cold calculation he applied to every kill order that came before this. But Maya knew him too well.He wasn’t unaffected.His jaw was slightly too tight. He flexed his fingers to see their utility and set the paper back down. And when his silver eyes darted to her? It was a knowledge there.Gabriel smirked, taking both of them in with interest. “I expect this won
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The weight of the death of Julian Devereaux still hung in the air, heavy and oppressive. His body crumpled on the cold marble, a propensity for bloods to trickle in slow, measured tendrils around him. The man who thought himself above the law was down, not in a blaze of glory, but with a single shot and a round thud.Maya looked at the body a second too long, not of regret but calculation. What they had done at that moment altered everything.Zane was now sitting upon the throne that Julian had abandoned, and that made him next目标.Gabriel Laurent straightened his cufflinks, strolling over Julian’s corpse like stepping over a fallen tree branch. “Well,” he drawled, his voice smooth and untroubled, “that was cleaner than I expected.”Victor let out a low whistle. “Yeah? What were you expecting? Some Shakespearean monologue before he dropped dead?”Gabriel smirked. “I was expecting begging.” A narrow-eyed look was cast to Zane. “And now, Moretti, it’s the time for the real work.”“Zane h
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For his entire life, Julian Devereaux had thought he was untouchable. A king in a world of pawns. He had gone through life pulling power plays, making people jiggle like puppets on some invisible string. Until now.She could see this in his eyes: the flicker of doubt, the unspeakable fear. This was not how things were supposed to turn out for him. He was the one in control, the one moving the pieces, but now? He was the piece now, and Zane Moretti was about to remove him from the board.Zane smoothed the cuffs of his suit, silver eyes alight with what seemed to be boredom. “You seem uncomfortable, Julian.”Julian’s jaw set, his shoulders went tight. “You think this will all end with me?Zane smirked. “No, but it starts with you.”Camille, still tied to the chair, released a shaky breath, but her eyes blazed. “For once in your life, Julian, just stop pretending you’re invincible.”Julian gave her a hard look, but this time Maya saw something else in his eyes. Not anger. Not calculation
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The SUV barreled down the darkened street, the city's blinking lights fading behind it as they drove toward the outskirts. The estate where, Julian claimed, he was holding Camille was remote, fortified and precisely the sort of place where a man like Julian would stow someone whose fate he was unsure of.The backseat occupant, Maya, adjusted her gun, in and out in crescent movements. Her hands were steady, her mind a razor. There wasn’t any hesitation, any second-guessing. Camille was leverage, but she was also a test — Julian’s way of demonstrating that he still had the upper hand, that they were the ones who responded to him.That was about to change.Zane was next to her, silent, his silver eyes on the road ahead. He had said little since they pulled away from the safe house, but what Maya knew better than to interpret as anything other than controlled restraint. He was already formulating his plan for disassembling Julian.Victor was at the wheel, one hand guiding the car, the oth
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Maya’s blood turned to ice. The safe house had been compromised. Camille was still there — guarded, vulnerable. They had expected Julian to go to battle to regain her. Instead, he had turned the game back on them.Her fingers twitched toward her gun, but Julian’s smirk just broadened. He had planned this.Zane’s silver eyes were unreadable, but Maya could see the way his jaw clenched tight, the way his finger curled, just so slightly, at his sides. He wasn’t shaking but he was recalibrating.Julian took a breath, angling his head. “I mean, I have to admit, I didn’t think you would play this so well. Most people who come after The Order die before they understand that they’re being hunted. But you?” He chuckled. “You really made me see you as a threat.”Zane smirked. “I would have been offended if I wasn’t.”Julian sighed dramatically. “And yet, clever as you are, you had one flaw. You assumed I would panic.” His blue eyes twinkled with humor. “You assumed I would choose.”Maya tighten
