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Chapter Fifty

Adrian’s POVSomething was wrong. I noticed it immediately the moment those words left Sister Selena’s mouth.He found you.The grip Elara had on the old woman’s hand tightened instantly after that. Her entire body went stiff beside me, and even though she tried hiding it, I saw the fear flash across her face before she quickly looked away.That wasn’t normal fear. It wasn’t the kind caused by seeing someone collapse. It was deeper than that. Personal and dangerous.I kept one hand tight on the steering wheel while rain slammed aggressively against the windshield. The wipers moved back and forth rapidly, barely keeping the road visible.“Elara.”She didn’t answer. Her attention remained fixed on Sister Selena lying weakly in the backseat.“Elara,” I repeated, firmer this time.“What?” she whispered distractedly.“What did she mean?”“Nothing.”A lie and a bad one too.I glanced at her briefly. Her fingers trembled slightly around the rosary beads hanging from her wrist.“You look terr

Chapter Fifty One

Elara’s POVDarkness swallowed the entire hospital in seconds.The sudden blackout sent frightened voices echoing through the hallway almost immediately. Nurses rushed past us while emergency alarms rang sharply overhead, the loud sound making my already racing heartbeat spiral even worse.Then another scream echoed from somewhere deeper inside the building.My breath caught instantly.“Oh my God…”The emergency backup lights flickered weakly above us, casting dim red light across the hallway. It made everything feel strange and unsettling, like something out of a nightmare.Patients’ voices filled the distance. I could hear footsteps, feel confusion and fear creeping inside of me.Beside me, Adrian’s entire expression hardened dangerously.“What the hell is going on?” he muttered.My fingers tightened around my phone automatically. The unknown number still glowed brightly across the screen, calling again.And somehow, deep inside me, I already knew.This wasn’t coincidence. The fear

Chapter Fifty Two

Elara's POV"My real name isn't Elara."The words left my mouth quietly, yet they seemed to echo throughout the entire room.Nobody spoke, including Adrian, Annette or even the frightened nurse standing near the doorway.The emergency lights flickered again, bathing the room in an eerie red glow before returning to dim white.Adrian stared at me as if waiting.I could see the questions in his eyes.The same questions I wasn't ready to answer, same ones I wasn't sure I even knew how to answer."Explain," he said finally, his voice wasn't loud but it was firm and dangerously calm.Slowly I lowered my gaze."I can't."The silence that followed felt worse than any argument.Adrian laughed once, a short bitter laugh."You can't?"I swallowed hard again."Not here.""Then where?"I didn't answer because there was no answer I could give him.At least not without dragging him into something I didn't fully understand myself and without exposing secrets I had spent years burying.I heard him ex

Chapter Fifty Three

Elara's POVMy scream echoed through the corridor so loudly that several nurses turned at once.The phone slipped from my trembling fingers and landed on the floor with a sharp crack.For a second, I couldn't breathe, couldn't move nor could I even think.All I could do was stare at the photograph lying on the screen.My father... My father.The face I had spent years trying not to forget. The same face I had spent even more years trying not to remember.A nurse rushed towards me immediately."Sister Elara!"I barely heard her.My knees gave way and I sank into the chair behind me before I could collapse completely.The photograph remained on the screen. It wasn't edited. It doesn't look fake. It was real, painfully real.The image showed a younger version of me standing beside my father under a large mango tree. I remembered that day.I remembered the dress I was wearing. I remembered the argument he had with someone later that evening. I remembered every details because three days a

Chapter Fifty Four

Adrian's POVThe first time Elara called, I ignored it. The second time, I stared at the screen until it stopped ringing.By the third call, I threw my phone onto the passenger seat and pressed harder on the accelerator.Rain hammered against the windshield, blurring the city lights into streaks of gold and white.I should have answered, I knew that.Every instinct inside me wanted to, but anger is a dangerous thing especially when it comes from disappointment and right now, disappointment was exactly what I felt.The hospital was already several minutes behind me, yet I could still hear her voice in my head."My real name isn't Elara."Then tell me who you are. Tell me why you're terrified. Tell me why some psychopath keeps calling you. Tell me why an old nun disappears during a blackout. Tell me something... anything.Instead, she gave me nothing.I tightened my grip on the steering wheel. The problem wasn't that she had secrets. Everyone had secrets. Hell, my entire life was built

Chapter Fifty Five

Adrian's POVThe moment I received that photograph of Elara standing outside the hospital, every instinct inside me screamed that something was wrong.I started the car immediately.Rain pounded against the windshield as I drove through the city.The photograph kept replaying in my head.The angle, the timing, the message.Somebody was watching her, not randomly, not by chance but deliberately.My grip tightened around the steering wheel.And despite everything that had happened between us earlier, despite the disappointment and frustration still burning inside me, one thing remained painfully clear.If anything happened to Elara, I would never forgive myself.The first person who came to mind was Helen. I didn't like it. I didn't want it to be her.But she had appeared out of nowhere after years of silence.She knew things she shouldn't know and she always had terrible timing.Twenty minutes later, I was standing outside her penthouse apartment.The doorman recognized me as usual, im

Chapter Fifty Six

Elara's POVThe first thing I became aware of was the cold. Not the kind that comes from rain or air conditioning.This cold felt deeper. It settled beneath my skin and wrapped itself around my bones.For several long seconds, I didn't open my eyes, I simply listened. A faint humming sound, the steady rhythm of an engine, the occasional splash of tires moving through water... A vehicle.I was inside a vehicle. My eyes flew open immediately. Darkness greeted me, not complete darkness. Just enough to make everything difficult to see.My heart started racing. I tried moving and immediately realized my wrists weren't tied. That should have made me feel relieved, instead it terrified me.Because people who wanted hostages usually tied them up. People who didn't bother... Usually weren't afraid of them escaping.I pushed myself upright slowly. The movement made my head ache. A sharp pain pulsed behind my eyes.I lifted a trembling hand and touched the side of my head. There was a small bump

Chapter Fifty Seven

Elara's POVThe sound of his laughter sent a chill down my spine. It wasn't loud or wasn't dramatic. If anything, it was calm... Far too calm.The kind of laugh that belonged to someone who knew something nobody else did.Rain continued pouring from the sky, soaking the road and turning the abandoned area around us into a blur of shadows and darkness.I couldn't stop staring at the masked man, neither could Helen.The smile vanished from her face almost immediately."What is wrong with you?" she snapped. "Do you even understand what you've done?"The man tilted his head slightly."I understand more than you think."Helen let out an angry laugh. "No. You don't."For a brief second, something dangerous flashed across her face.I could clearly see fear. Real fear in crystal clear and that was what unsettled me most.Helen wasn't afraid of many people. I knew that much from Annette.Yet standing here, in the rain, facing this stranger, she looked genuinely frightene, it makes my heart pou

Chapter Fifty Eight

Elara's POVFor several seconds after the gunshot, nobody moved.The rain continued falling around us, heavy and relentless, washing over the road, the trees, the blood spreading beneath the masked man's body.I couldn't breathe, couldn't think, couldn't look away.The image of him collapsing kept replaying inside my head. His last words echoed louder than the gunshot itself."...the paint... nails... young... handsome... innocent guy. Find him."Then nothing, just silence.The man who had spent weeks haunting my life through phone calls, photographs, riddles and fear was dead and somehow I had more questions now than I did before meeting him.A hand touched my shoulder, I flinched violently."It's me."Adrian voice cut through the fog inside my head.Slowly, I turned towards him.Rain dripped from his hair and jawline. His dark eyes studied me carefully, searching for injuries, panic, anything."You okay?"The question sounded ridiculous after everything that had happened.I nodded a

Chapter Nine

Elara's POVI couldn't breathe as the phone trembled so badly in my hand that I almost dropped it.The picture on the screen looked dark and blurry, but I recognized her immediately. Sister Selena.She was sitting on a cold concrete floor with her hands tied behind her back. Her white habit was dirty, and there was a bruise on her forehead. A single lightbulb hung above her, making the shadows around her look even more terrifying.My heart stopped. Below the picture was a message. 'She shouldn't have known so much'.Another message appeared after.'Meet me at the rooftop of St. Gabriel Medical Center. Come alone'.I stared at the words over and over again."No…" I whispered.Beside me, Adrian frowned. "What happened?"I quickly locked my phone. "N..Nothing."But that doesn't make him not to immediately looked suspicious."Elara."I forced a smile. "It's really nothing.""You've been shaking for the last minute."I turned towards the window instead. The city lights blurred before my ey

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