All Chapters of The Wrong Bride, His Revenge: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

The kitchen was quiet.Too quiet.Catherine stood by the window. Her back was to me. Her shoulders were tense. Elena sat at the table. Her hands were folded. Her eyes were on the red notebook in my hands.Rex stood by the door. His gun was in his holster. His eyes moved between the women like he was waiting for one of them to attack.Isabella was not there. Mrs. Park was not there. Lin was in the basement, watching Drake."We need to talk," I said.Catherine turned. "About what?""About the traitor.""The traitor is Mrs. Park. She ran. She is gone."I shook my head. "No. Mrs. Park was a pawn. The traitor is still here. In this house. In this room."Elena looked up. Her green eyes met mine."You think it is me.""I think it could be anyone.""It is not me.""Then who?"Elena stood up. Walked to the window. Stood beside Catherine."We have been over this, Mira. Lin traced the messages. They came from Catherine's phone.""Catherine's phone was spoofed.""Then who has the technology to sp

The study was crowded.Rex sat behind his desk. The box of files was open in front of him. Catherine stood by the window, her arms crossed, her face pale. Elena sat on the couch, her hands folded in her lap. Lin was in the corner, her face pale, her hands shaking. Isabella was not there. She was locked in her room. Again.I stood by the door. Watching. Waiting."Open the first file," I said.Rex pulled out a folder. Thick. Old. The paper was yellowed. The edges were frayed."Victor Marchetti," Rex said. His voice was flat. "My father. Original investor. Paid five million dollars into the program."Catherine turned from the window. "Five million?""Five million. In exchange for... what?"I walked to the desk. Looked at the file. At the photographs. At the handwritten notes."In exchange for a child. A perfect child. With green eyes. With intelligence. With loyalty."Rex slammed the file shut. "He used me. He used all of us.""He was not the only one."Rex opened the next file. His hand

The farmhouse was cold. I stood by the window. The fields stretched into darkness. Anya's team was outside. Circling. Watching. Waiting. Rex stood behind me. His hand was on my back. "You should sleep," he said. "I cannot." "You need to rest." "So do you." He pulled me close. "I will rest when this is over." "When will that be?" "I do not know." I leaned into him. "What if it never ends?" "Then we keep fighting." "Forever?" "If that is what it takes." I closed my eyes. Listened to his heartbeat. Anya walked into the room. Her face was hard. "We have a problem." I turned. "What?" "One of my men found this. In the woods. Near the road." She held up a photograph. A woman. Young. Dark hair. Green eyes. Anna. "Where did this come from?" "I do not know. But someone left it there. Deliberately." Rex took the photograph. Turned it over. Writing on the back. She was the first. You are the last. - D. "Drake," I said. "Yes." "He is here." "Apparently." "How did he f

The ground shook again.Dust fell from the ceiling. The lights flickered. Someone above us was screaming. Anya's voice. Desperate. Loud."Anya," I said. "We need to go up."Rex grabbed my arm. His grip was tight. "No. It is too dangerous.""Anya is up there. Her team is up there. We cannot leave them.""You cannot help them if you are dead."I pulled my arm free. "I am not going to hide down here while they fight for us."Katerina stepped forward. A gun in her hand. "She is right. We need to help."Elena grabbed my other arm. Her fingers dug into my skin. "Mira, listen to him. You are the one they want. If they get you, everything is lost.""I do not care.""You should."I looked at her. At her green eyes. At my eyes."Anna would not hide."Elena's face went pale. "Anna is dead.""Because she hid. She ran. She let Victor control her."Elena stared at me. "This is not the same.""It is exactly the same."Rex walked to the staircase. His hand was on his gun. "I will go up. The rest of y

The waterfall crashed behind us.Sable led the way. Rex walked beside me. The forest was gray in the early light. Mist hung between the trees like ghosts."Where are we going?" I asked.Sable did not look back. "To the others. They are waiting.""The others?""Katerina. Elena. Catherine. Lin. Your grandmother. They left the bunker. They are safe.""How do you know?"She stopped. Turned to face me."Because I have been watching them. Just like I have been watching you.""For how long?""Years. Since Marcus created me.""You have been watching me my whole life?""Yes.""And you never came to me?"She shook her head. "I could not. Marcus said it was too dangerous. He said if anyone knew about me, they would use me. Against you. Against the program. Against everything.""So you hid.""Yes.""Alone?"She looked at the ground. "Yes."I walked to her. Took her hand. "You are not alone anymore."She looked at me. Her eyes were green. Like mine."No. I am not."We walked for hours.The forest