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Chapter 31

“Get the car ready,” I said. “I’m going to meet my sister, alone.”Rico stared at me like I’d lost my mind. “Boss will skin me alive if I let you walk out that door.”“Then don’t tell him until I’m gone,” I replied, already moving toward the garage. “This is my blood, my mess. I need to face her before she hurts Sarah again.”Lena stepped out from the hallway, blocking my path. “At least wear the tracker. And take this.” She pressed a small knife into my hand. “Make sure you hide it well.”I nodded and slipped it into my boot. Ten minutes later, I was behind the wheel of a plain black car, driving toward the address Sophia had texted me — an old abandoned church on the edge of the city.My phone rang halfway there. Damien.I answered on speaker. “Don’t yell at me.”“Where the fuck are you?” His voice was pure ice and fire. “Rico just told me. Turn the car around right now, Isabella.”“I can’t.” My hands tightened on the wheel. “She’s threatening Sarah again. I really need to

Chapter 32

I stood frozen between them, heart slamming against my ribs so hard I could barely breathe.Sophia’s smile was sharp as a blade. “Choose, little sister. Him or me. Your blood sister or the man who kidnapped you and fucked you into submission.”Damien’s gun stayed pointed at her, his body coiled like a predator ready to strike. “Don’t you fucking dare listen to her, Isabella.”Red laser dots covered his chest, his forehead, his men. One wrong word and they would all die.I stepped forward slowly, hands raised. “Everybody calm down.”Sophia laughed. “Calm? This is your moment, Isabella. Walk away from him right now and I’ll let him live. Choose him… and I paint this church with Voss blood.”My eyes locked with Damien’s. He looked furious, but underneath it I saw fear. Real fear. For me.“I’m not choosing either of you,” I said, voice shaking but loud. “I’m done being a pawn. I'm done being threatened. I'm done being told who I am.”Sophia’s smile faded. “Wrong answer.”She raised

Chapter 33

The world blurred as Rico drove like a madman. Damien’s blood kept pouring between my fingers no matter how hard I pressed.“Stay awake,” I begged, my voice cracking. “Damien, please. Look at me.”His eyelids fluttered. “It hurts like… hell,” he muttered. A weak smile tugged at his lips. “It’s worth it… though.”“Stop talking.” Tears streamed down my face. “You’re not allowed to die. I still have to yell at you for following me.”He chuckled once, then winced in pain. “Bossy… even now.”Rico glanced in the rearview mirror. “We’re almost there. Hold on, boss.”The car finally screeched into a private underground garage attached to a discreet medical facility Damien’s organization used. Doors flew open. Medical staff in scrubs rushed out with a stretcher.They pulled Damien from my arms. I tried to follow but a nurse gently held me back.“You can’t go in yet. Let us stabilize him.”I stood there frozen, covered in his blood, watching them wheel him away through double doors.Len

Chapter 34

I stayed curled against Damien’s good side for what felt like hours, listening to the steady beep of the machines. His fingers traced slow circles on my back even though every movement clearly hurt him.“You should rest,” I whispered.“I can’t,” he muttered. “Not while Sophia’s still breathing.”A soft knock came at the door. Rico stepped in, looking between us. “The doctor says you need to sleep, boss. We’ve got eyes on Sophia’s last known location. She’s gone underground for now.”Damien tried to sit up again and hissed in pain. I gently pushed him back down.“Listen to the doctor,” I said. “You got shot protecting me. The least you can do is heal so you can keep doing stupid things later.”He gave me a tired smirk. “Bossy as always.”Rico cleared his throat. “The other families are getting restless. Some of them are asking if the Reaper is really finished. Sophia’s spreading the rumor that you’re weak… and that Isabella is the reason.”I sat up straighter. “Then we prove them

Chapter 35

I woke up to the sound of Damien arguing with the doctor.“I’m not staying in this damn bed another hour,” he growled, trying to swing his legs over the side. His face went white with pain.The doctor stepped back, hands raised. “Mr. Voss, you lost significant blood. The stitches—”“I don’t care.” Damien’s eyes found mine as I sat up on the small couch where I’d fallen asleep. “Isabella. Tell him I’m fine.”I stood up and crossed my arms. “You’re not fine. You got shot less than twenty-four hours ago. Sit down before I make you.”He glared at me, but there was heat in it, not just anger. The doctor took the opportunity to slip out.“You’re becoming too comfortable giving me orders,” Damien said, voice low.I walked over and gently pushed him back against the pillows. “Someone has to. You almost died last night.”His hand caught my wrist, pulling me closer until I was leaning over him. “I’d do it again. Without hesitation.”My heart twisted. I kissed him, slow and deep, tasting th

Chapter 36

The phone slipped from my fingers and clattered onto the bed.Damien’s eyes narrowed. “What is it?”I couldn’t speak at first. I just picked the phone back up and turned the screen toward him. The photo of the dead doctor stared back at us, blood everywhere, eyes open and empty.Damien went completely still. Then his jaw clenched so hard I heard it crack.“She got to him,” I whispered. “While he was treating you. She’s been inside our circle this whole time.”Damien took the phone from me, staring at the message. “Who’s next?” he read out loud. His voice was deadly quiet. “She’s declaring war on everyone around us.”I climbed off his lap and started pacing. “This is my fault. I went to meet her. I dragged you into church. Now she’s killing people who helped us.”“Stop.” Damien reached for me but winced when he moved too fast. “This isn’t on you. Sophia is poison, she always has been.”I stopped pacing and looked at him. He looked pale, angry, and in pain, but his eyes burned with

Chapter 37

Sophia aimed the gun straight at my chest, her finger tightening on the trigger.“I choose Damien,” I repeated, voice steady even though my heart hammered. “I choose myself. I will never choose you.”Her face twisted with pure rage. “Then die like the traitor you are.”She fired.I threw myself sideways behind a metal crate. The bullet sparked off the floor where I’d been standing. My grazed arm burned like fire, but I ignored it and raised my own gun.Rico was shouting orders, trading fire with her remaining men. The warehouse had turned into pure chaos, flashes of light, shouts, the metallic smell of blood.“You’re pathetic!” Sophia screamed from across the space. “Hiding behind Voss like a scared little whore!”I peeked out and fired back. My bullet clipped a crate near her head. She ducked, then laughed, a cold, unhinged sound.“Is that all you’ve got, little sister? Father really wasted his blood on you.”I moved fast, staying low, circling toward her position. Rico covered me

Chapter 38

Damien’s body went rigid against mine. “She’s dead.”I stayed pressed against his chest, listening to his heartbeat, strong, steady, but faster than normal. My grazed arm burned, but the pain felt distant compared to the storm building inside me.Rico shifted uncomfortably near the door. “She sounded serious, boss. She’s not bluffing anymore.”“I know,” Damien said, voice low and dangerous. He tilted my chin up so I had to look at him. “You’re not going to her. Not tomorrow. Not ever.”I didn’t answer right away. Instead, I traced a finger along the edge of his bandage. “She’ll kill Sarah if I don’t. Then Lena. Then she’ll come for you while I watch.”His eyes darkened. “Let her try.”I pulled away gently and stood up, needing space to think. “This has to end, Damien. I can’t keep watching people bleed because of me.”He tried to sit up straighter and winced. “Then we hit her first. Hard. I’ll call in every favor I have left.”“You’re not calling anyone,” I said firmly. “You’re stayin

Chapter 39

“I love you too, Isabella. God help me, but I do.”Damien’s words hung between us in the dim hospital room. My heart slammed against my ribs as I stared down at him, this dangerous, bleeding man who had once kidnapped me and now owned every broken piece of me.I kissed him again, harder this time, pouring everything I felt into it, fear, love, desperation. His good hand fisted in my hair, holding me in place like he was afraid I’d disappear.When we finally broke apart, both of us breathing heavily, he rested his forehead against mine.“Say it again,” he demanded, voice rough.“I love you,” I whispered. “Even though you’re arrogant, controlling, and got shot because of me.”A weak smirk tugged at his lips. “Worth it.”I carefully curled up beside him on the narrow bed, my head on his uninjured shoulder. His arm wrapped around me despite the pain it clearly caused him.“Twenty-four hours,” I said quietly. “That’s all she gave us.”“We’ll use every minute,” he replied. His fingers trace

Chapter 40

“Drive faster!” I snapped, gripping the gun so tight my knuckles turned white.Rico was pushing the SUV to its limit, tires screaming around corners. My heart felt like it was going to explode out of my chest. The photo of Damien on his knees with a gun to his head kept flashing in my mind.“He’s alive,” Rico said, trying to calm me. “Sophia wants you there. She won’t kill him before you arrive.”“You don’t know her,” I whispered. “She’s insane.”The old Moretti warehouse on Pier 17 loomed ahead like a rotting giant. Rico stopped a block away.“I’m coming with you,” he said.“No.” I checked my gun one last time. “She said alone. If you follow, she’ll kill him. Stay close but out of sight. If things go bad… get Sarah out.”Rico looked like he wanted to argue, but he finally nodded. “Don’t die, Isabella. He’ll kill me if you do.”I stepped out into the cold night air and walked straight toward the warehouse. My legs felt heavy, but I kept moving. The side door was open. I stepped inside

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