All Chapters of A TALL HORNY STRANGER : Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

81THE STORM ARIAThe screen went black.For a moment, all I could hear was my own heartbeat.Then one of the guards spoke.Very quietly."He's close."Another burst of gunfire echoed somewhere beyond the reinforced walls.Closer than before.Much closer.Marcus immediately drew his weapon."Tunnel. Now."This time I didn't argue.Because for the first time since arriving at the estate, I understood something with absolute clarity.Viktor Sokolov wasn't searching for me anymore.He had already found me.And somewhere out in the storm, racing back toward the estate, Luca was driving straight into the trap Sokolov had spent weeks building.LUCAThe call came three minutes outside the city.Three minutes from believing the worst of the night was behind him.Three minutes from making the mistake Viktor Sokolov had been counting on.The secure line rang once.Dominic answered it from the front passenger seat.Luca immediately knew something was wrong.The color drained from Dominic's face

THE MAINTENANCE SHAFTARIAThe tunnel was colder than I expected.Cold, narrow, and suffocating.The concrete walls seemed to close in around us as we moved through the darkness, guided only by emergency lights mounted along the passage. Water dripped steadily from somewhere overhead, each drop echoing through the confined space.Under different circumstances, the place would have felt abandoned.Tonight, it felt hunted.Marcus led the group from the front while two guards remained behind me and another two moved ahead, scanning every corner with weapons drawn.Nobody spoke much.Nobody needed to.The tension filling the tunnel was thick enough already.My mind kept replaying Viktor Sokolov's face.That smile.That certainty.The way he had spoken directly to me through the security cameras as though we were having a private conversation.As though he already owned the outcome.The memory sent a shiver down my spine.Marcus suddenly raised a hand.Everyone stopped.Immediately.The tu

THE MAN IN THE DARKARIAThe tension thickened.One wrong move and someone was getting shot.I could feel it.The stranger seemed aware of it too.His smile faded slightly."I'm not your enemy.""That's exactly what an enemy would say," one of the guards replied."Fair point."Marcus's patience was visibly running out."You have ten seconds."The stranger studied him for a moment.Then his gaze returned to me.And something changed.Not dramatically.Just enough for me to notice.Recognition.Not the recognition of someone seeing a famous person.The recognition of someone seeing someone important.Someone he'd been searching for.My stomach tightened."You know who I am," I said.The man nodded."Yes.""How?"His answer came immediately."Because I knew your grandfather."Silence crashed into the room.Every sound seemed to disappear.Even the dripping water.Even my heartbeat.My grandfather.The words echoed inside my head.Impossible.My grandfather had been dead for years.Marcus

KILLING FOR ITARIAI felt my heartbeat quicken.For weeks, people had been chasing me because of this mysterious inheritance.Threatening me.Attacking me.Killing for it.And now someone was finally talking about it."What is it?" I asked.Gabriel's expression became complicated."Dangerous.""That's not an answer.""It's the truth."The tunnel opened into a wider section.The group slowed slightly.Not stopping.Never stopping.Just enough to breathe.Gabriel looked at me carefully."Your grandfather wasn't wealthy because he got lucky."I frowned."What does that mean?""It means the stories you've been told are incomplete."That wasn't surprising anymore.Nothing about my family seemed straightforward these days.Gabriel continued."Aleksander spent decades building something.""What?"Instead of answering, he asked a question."Did he ever talk to you about trust?"The abrupt change confused me."No.""Not even once?"I shook my head.Gabriel looked almost disappointed."He used

THE DEVIL YOU KNOWARIAThe armed men behind him made that difficult.Mercer seemed aware of that.His smile remained perfectly composed."Your grandfather created the Trust for one purpose."I folded my arms."And what purpose is that?"His answer came immediately."To ensure his heir survived long enough to inherit."The tunnel fell silent.The words echoed in my mind.His heir.Me.Mercer took a step forward."The attacks on your life have accelerated faster than expected.""Expected?" Marcus repeated.Mercer nodded."Unfortunately."Gabriel looked furious now."You knew this was coming."Mercer met his gaze calmly."We all knew."The statement hit me like a physical blow.All of them?How many people had known about this?How many secrets had been hiding around my family my entire life?Before anyone could speak again—A burst of gunfire echoed from behind us.Close.Very close.Everyone spun instantly.The sound of shouting followed.Then more gunfire.Sokolov's men.They had cau