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THE ENEMY WITHIN
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Elara’s POVLucas cleans his lips and then glances at me—not with dread but with something else.Something more profound.I shave my head and back away. "I never want to hurt you.""You won't," he adds, forward striding.I back off still another step. "I previously did."His jaw closes. " Then make it mean something."I bite hard. "Lucas,""You're stronger than this, Elara," he says quietly. "Stronger than she."Like an anchor dragging me back, his voice pulls.But Orlov?He will not permit that to happen."Kill him," he says, his power crawling over my brain. "End him today; you'll be free."The shadows pulse to push me ahead.Killing.Kill.Killing.My hand climbs.Lucas remains still.since he has faith in me.But what if he should not?Then, a gunshot.The sound tears across the space.My shoulder bursts in a piercing, flaming agony.I stumble and gasp. The shadows flutter.I turn; Sofia Rossi is gun smoking in the doorway.Her manner is incomprehensible. "Elara, kindly stand down
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Elara's POV"Do you actually think I could let you live a lie?" Hunter's eyes closed and his voice sank to a whisper. "I did what I had to, Elara for you.I chuckled bitterly, trying to ignore the way my heart turned against me at his voice. "Hunter, you are among this chaos. As always. How could you do this to me?"Now the room felt smaller, the walls closing in as the reality sank down on me. My pulse thung in my ears, my thoughts whirling with a thousand questions, each more urgent than the next."Elara," Lucas whispered gently, his voice reluctant. "We had no intention of any of this happening. Unlike this."Though I could see the three of us becoming tense, Hunter's comments were like a lighthouse guiding me through the emotional whirl-circle. "You still don't get it, do you?" Hunter spoke in a low, threatening manner. "Everything that has happened—all of it—is the result of a more general design. I couldn't tell you about a plan. One you are not meant to know about. Nonetheless.
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Elara’s POVBella didn’t even look at him. Her cold gaze was locked firmly on me. "I’m giving you one last chance, Elara," she said, her voice like ice. "You can join me, and we’ll walk away from this unscathed. Or you can keep fighting, and everyone you care about will fall."Her words echoed in the room, their meaning sinking into me like poison. A choice. A choice between trusting the people I loved or following Bella into a world that could swallow me whole."I’ll never join you," I said, the words coming out sharper than I’d intended, but the weight of the decision was already pressing down on me.Bella’s lips curled into a smile, but it was empty. "Then we’ll see how long your loyalty lasts, Elara. You’ll break. They all do."Before I could respond, one of the cloaked figures stepped forward. They moved with such precision, so quickly, I barely had time to react.Hunter shifted, his eyes widening, but it was too late. The figure raised a hand, and the room was plunged into darkn
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Elara’s POVTension permeating the air around us causes the world outside to vanish. Though it is not important, I can feel the cold wind on my skin. Gideon's eyes on me—burning with urgency, desperation, and something I cannot quite name—matter most.His voice breaks as he holds my shoulders, gently shakes me, draws me in. "Don't leave me." "I require you, Elara. You misunderstand; this is not yet ended.I try to dispel the cloud from my head by shaking it. "I'm not sure Gideon what you now want from me. I cannot continue doing this. I cannot keep being dragged into this whirlpool of falsehoods.His grasp gets tighter; the world slows down momentarily. You believe I desired this? You believe I intended to tell you lies? His voice breaks and is gruff. Though I never planned to injure you, I will do anything necessary to keep you safe. You see? Love you.I froze. Those sentences. Though I have heard them before, there is no doubt this time. Not hesitated. Just pure, unvarnished truth.
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