All Chapters of Bound by the Billionaire's Claim: Chapter 161 - Chapter 170

The gala turned into a war zone, gunfire punctuating the air, glass flying, screams erupting as Syndicate operatives poured into the room. Golden chandeliers overhead shook violently as bullets ricocheted off marble walls.Zane pulled her behind him, gun drawn, before Maya even had time to respond.“Stay with me,” he commanded, his silver eyes flicking around for exits.She barely had time to nod when Zane shot, dropping the first two attackers in quick, deadly succession. Pandemonium broke out, with guests scrambling and armed men pouring into the hall.Lena’s voice crackled in the earpiece. “We’re inside. Hold your position!”“Change of plans,” Zane said in a low growl. “We’re getting out—now.”Maya’s heart raced as she clutched the little pistol concealed within the folds of her dress. She was not going to be a liability.She was going to fight.A Treacherous EscapeLena and Alex burst through the side door, weapons out. Reese followed closely, her face etched with determination.“

The train sped through the night, wheels clattering, the sound the only thing that filled the tense silence between Maya and Zane.She still didn’t know how they had gotten through that chaos. A rooftop escape. A high-speed chase. A train jump.And yet, here they were.Maya exhaled shakily, bracing her wounded arm against her stomach as she sat against one of the train’s metal ridges. It had stained her sleeve with blood but she let it go.Instead, her green eyes focused on Zane.“You knew,” she said tight-voiced.Zane met her eye, and his silver eyes were unreadable. “Knew what?”“That this was a setup,” she replied sharply. “Evelyn, Alexander, Donovan… the way they allowed us to waltz into that gala? “They were playing us from the beginning.”Zane sighed, running a hand through his hair. “I suspected.”Maya’s jaw clenched. “And you didn’t tell me?”“I had to be sure,” he said, his voice low but firm.Maya let out a bitter laugh. “Right. And almost being murdered was part of the veri

The safe house was in ruins.Smoke curled from bullet-ridden walls. The scent of blood and gunpowder clung to the air. Broken glass crunched under Maya’s heels as she stood frozen, her body still trembling from the fight, from Alexander’s words.“You were never supposed to exist.”Her mind kept replaying it, over and over, like a poisoned whisper clawing into her thoughts.Zane’s voice pulled her back.“Maya.”She turned, locking onto his silver eyes. His expression was unreadable—but his grip on her waist was firm, grounding. “I’m fine,” she whispered. It wasn’t entirely a lie.Zane studied her. “No, you’re not.”She wasn’t. But she didn’t have time to fall apart.Not when her father was still missing.Not when the Syndicate was still out there.Not when Alexander had escaped.Maya exhaled shakily, forcing herself to stay upright. “We need to move.”Zane nodded. “We end this.”---The Aftermath of WarAlex groaned, wiping blood from his forehead. “Well, that went to hell fast.”Reese

The room felt suffocating.Maya froze, her father’s words a bomb ticking in her skull.“You’re the answer to everything.”The key?To what?Zane’s silver eyes narrowed again, as he stared at Charles, his patience running thin. “Explain. Now.”Charles let out a breath, rubbed his temples. “I never wanted you to find out like this, Maya.”She clenched her fists. “Find out what?”The next words out of her father’s mouth crumbled her world.“You were a subject in an experiment.”The Truth UnraveledThe room was suddenly filled with silence.Maya’s chest tightened. “What… what do you mean?”Charles paused, guilt lining his face.Zane’s voice was cold. “Start talking.”Charles swallowed hard. “Decades ago, the Syndicate possessed a top-secret genetic program. A project intended to produce individuals with… heightened cognitive and physical abilities.”Maya’s pulse pounded. “You’re saying I was—built?”Charles shook his head. “Not entirely. That was the project your mother was a part of. But

Maya’s breath hitched in her throat.Her mother—alive.The words still echoed in the sterile room, sending a violent shiver through Maya’s spine.“They took me. Just like they took you.”Eleanor Laurent stood in front of her, a phantom from the past.Maya’s fingers twitched, instinct howling for her to pull a weapon. To fight.But she couldn’t move.Couldn’t breathe.This is real? No one could believe it.Her mother stepped back and the two of them locked eyes, which were both the same piercing green, eyes Maya had seen every morning, when she looked in the mirror.“It’s been a while, right?” Eleanor said softly.Maya’s stomach twisted.“Long time?” she whispered. “I thought you were dead.”Eleanor’s face darkened. “That’s what they wanted you to believe.”The ones all over Maya’s body locked up.Who is ‘they’?Before she could speak, the steel doors behind them slammed open.Evelyn Monroe stepped in.The high heels she clicked to where they were sitting, her face inscrutable.But May