Novel & Cerita Elena Reed

RAVEN The woman — Elena — stood in our foyer like she already owned it, her red dress hugging every curve, a diamond ring flashing on her finger. Kai’s arranged fiancée. The one who had been watching us fuck like animals for weeks. I felt Kai’s cum still slowly leaking down my thighs under my robe as Elena’s sharp eyes raked over me. “Such a pretty little stepsister,” she purred, holding up the flash drive. “I have hours of footage. You two are quite… athletic.”

Lena's POV. “You are nothing but a clown I raised. You will die worthless and nobody will think you ever existed, not me, not even Dominic,” Elaine fumed at me with a knife in her hand. I pulled back breathing rapidly. She launched at me, screaming furiously, and I ran in any direction, my heart throbbed and my hands trembled. She was a few inches from thrusting the weapon at me when I tripped on my feet and fell to the ground.

“Speak.” Elias cleared his throat. “She arrived in Silverveil six years ago with her mother, Mira. They moved into an old cottage on the eastern edge of the territory. Elara works as a healer’s assistant at the local clinic. Quiet life. No romantic partners on record until recently—a doctor named Marcus Reed has been pursuing her. They had a date this past weekend.” Ronan growled audibly. The sound echoed my own rising fury. “And the boy?” I asked, voice dangerously calm.

On the wall, red thread spread like the roots of a tree growing in every direction. Photographs. Documents. Notes in Dante’s own hand, the writing growing smaller as the secrets grew darker. On one side: everything he had gathered about Isabella Moretti. A case forcibly closed. Reports that had vanished without explanation. The name Marcus Reed circled in red with a large question mark. On the other side: a few photographs of Elena Lafayette. The way the woman held herself. The way she tilted her head when listening. The way her gray eyes occasionally lost focus, drifting somewhere impossibly far away. Between the two sides, a single red thread connected both names.

Nova's point of view I cleared my throat and walked past them, that was it, just one step forward, then another.Behind me, Elena's shy voice still hung in the air, and the words followed me all the way to my car. I hated that they did. My fingers tightened around my car keys, then his voice stopped me; "Miss Reyes." Slowly, I turned around, Reed stood a few feet away, hands in his pockets, looking completely unbothered by the fact that he had spent the last several minutes smiling at another woman, his gaze swept over me.

The bell for evening study hall had just rung when Maya Reed grabbed my wrist, her voice dropped to an excited whisper as she dragged me toward the wooded grove behind the gym. "The prom queen is making her move," she hissed, her eyes dancing. "Elena Voss, you have to see this. Rhea is about to confess to Luke Cole right now!" My heart hit the floor. It felt like a lead weight sinking through my chest. "I'm not going..." I tried to pull back, my chest tightening until it was hard to breathe.

"You know, I’ve been thinking about your little stunt on the docks. It was very dramatic. But I have to ask... why didn't you follow your friend? You went through all that trouble to pick the locks, just to stay behind and play the martyr?" Elena didn't look at him. She pretended he was nothing more than a ghost, keeping her face turned toward the window, her jaw set into a hard, rigid line. Reid chuckled darkly, setting the tray down on the small table next to her cot. "What's the matter? Lose your voice along with your freedom? Aren't you going to ask me if we caught her yet?" When she still didn't respond, his smile faded into a look of cold irritation. “Are you going to eat this, or are

"It's a mirror. Look at us. We're fighting over keys to a world that died before we were born." Elias pulled away from Ethan’s grip, smoothing his robes. "The Architects don't care about your drama, Hawke. They care about the grid. And they’ve already sent the second messenger." "Who?" Ethan demanded. Elias looked at Aria with a pity that made her blood run cold. "Julian Reed. He’s not just a corporate spy, Ethan. He’s their lead Auditor. And he’s coming for the woman, not the Vaults."