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All Chapters of Their Deadly Obsession: Chapter 21 - Chapter 27

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Chapter 21

ANDREAThe second I see what’s inside the box, Logan’s entire demeanor changes. His vision narrows, pulse visibly hammering in his neck. A heavy silence fills the room. His fingers clench hard, nails digging into his palms before he forces them onto the table in a vice grip. No. Not here. Not now. But it’s already too late. Blackwell knows. It isn’t the object itself that chills me, it’s the message it carries. He knows exactly where we are. He knows we’ve been here long enough to lower our guard. And now he wants us to know he’s watching. A suffocating silence blankets the room. I feel the others behind me, their tension thick and unspoken, heavy with the weight of a past they’ve spent years trying to escape. Killian exhales sharply through his nose, fists flexing at his sides like he’s fighting the urge to punch something. Austin steps in front of me with quiet precision—not obvious, but clearly protective. Drew shifts his weight, lips parting like he wants to crack a joke to

Chapter 22

ANDREAThe guys move with sharp precision, their usual relaxed energy replaced by something focused and intense. The garage echoes with the sounds of zippers, the metallic clicks of guns being checked and holstered. Logan and Austin pull weapons from hidden compartments in the wall with practiced efficiency. I swallow hard. I knew they were involved in dangerous work, but seeing it up close is different. There’s something unsettling about how naturally they handle the firearms, their expressions unreadable as they pack them into duffel bags. My stomach twists, not from distrust, but because I do trust them. I just wish they trusted me enough to explain what’s really happening. Lying by omission is still lying. “Alright, let’s go,” Logan announces, sliding into the driver’s seat. No hesitation. No debate. Just pure command. Drew nudges me forward. I climb into the back beside him. He drapes an arm around my shoulders as I settle in, my legs pressed against Killian’s on the other si

Chapter 23

REIDIt’s been three days since we arrived, and the safe house feels too quiet. Too still. Nothing like the mansion, where silence was rare, always filled with footsteps, arguments, and laughter. This kind of quiet is heavier. Different. I roll my shoulders and exhale slowly as I tighten the wraps around my knuckles. Across from me, Andrea mimics the motion, but it’s clear she’s never done this before. Her hands move too carefully. She’s overthinking every step. She’s restless. I’ve seen her pacing the halls and staring out windows, expecting shadows to move. She’s pretending she’s fine. She’s not. Neither am I. “Loosen your grip,” I say, cutting through the thick air between us. She scowls but doesn’t argue as I step closer and take her hands in mine, adjusting the wraps before she cuts off her own circulation. Her skin is warm, her pulse racing under my fingers. It spikes when my thumb brushes her wrist. She doesn’t pull away. “Don’t coddle me,” she mutters, watching me throu

Chapter 24

ANDREAI lay on my side, staring at the shifting shadows on the ceiling. The blankets barely covered me. No matter how many times I shifted or tried to quiet my mind, sleep refused to come. My thoughts kept spinning, everything I learned today, the way the guys looked at me now, how everything felt like it was changing. With a sigh, I rolled onto my back and dragged my fingers through my hair. Maybe I just needed company. The door opened without warning. My body tensed for a second, then relaxed when I saw him. Drew moved through the dark with that effortless confidence only he could pull off. I didn’t bother sitting up. “Breaking and entering now?” “You left the door unlocked,” he pointed out, voice smug but quiet. “It’s like you were inviting trouble.” I rolled my eyes. “And you think you’re the trouble?” “Oh, sweetheart,” he drawled, the smirk clear in his tone. “I know I am.” The bed dipped as he climbed in beside me. I froze for half a second, not from fear, but from ho

Chapter 25

ANDREAThe air was thick and stifling with heat and exertion. Sweat slicked my skin as I slammed into the mat again. My breath came out sharp and ragged, pain radiating through my back from the impact. Above me, Logan moved slowly, deliberately, like he had all the time in the world. He’d been training me relentlessly. I blinked up at him, chest heaving. The way he looked at me made my stomach tighten. He stood over me, head tilted slightly, dark eyes burning with something intense I didn’t want to name. “You hesitated,” he murmured, voice low and lethal. I swallowed hard, the motion making me hyper-aware of my pulse hammering in my throat. He was still too close, watching me like he was waiting for me to make another mistake. “You do that in the real world,” he breathed, leaning down so his breath ghosted across my cheek, “and you die.” His lips twitched into the faintest, cruelest smirk. “Or,” he added, voice a dark promise, “something worse happens.” God.A shiver ran down

Chapter 26

ANDREA The silence after reading the message was suffocating. My fingers tightened in my lap as my heartbeat thundered in my ears. I glanced at Logan. His face was unreadable, but the tension in his jaw and the way his fingers twitched against the table gave him away. Across from him, Reid leaned back with his lips pressed together, his usual smirk completely gone. Killian spoke first. “It’s a taunt,” he muttered, rubbing a hand over his jaw. “He’s just trying to get in our heads.” Austin exhaled through his nose. “And it’s working.” My eyes flicked between them, suspicion growing. “What does he mean by ‘what he taught you’?” I asked. “Why does he sound like he knows exactly how you’ll respond?” No one answered right away. Reid ran a hand over his jaw and exhaled. “Because he does.” My stomach tightened. I looked at Logan, who was still staring at the screen like it was carved from stone. The question slipped out before I could stop it. “How well do you

Chapter 27

ANDREA “It’s pretty simple,” Reid explains, holding up a black flash drive. “You plug this into the main server in the office. I designed it so that once it’s inserted, it bypasses all encryption and firewalls and starts pulling classified files.” I listen carefully to every word. I need this to go right for all of us. “So I just plug it in and it does everything?” I confirm. He nods. “More or less. The transfer won’t be instant though. Depending on their security layers, it could take anywhere from one to five minutes. A recent firewall update could slow it down even more.” Killian leans in from my other side. “The drive handles the hacking. Your job is to stay calm, keep watch, and make sure no one catches you. Once it’s plugged in, a progress bar will appear. Just wait until it finishes.” “What if someone walks in?” I ask, looking up into his mismatched eyes. “You pull the drive and get out immediately,” he says seriously. “We lose the data, but your safety comes

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