Chapter: Chapter 54 – Into the VeinSienna’s body went rigid in Jax’s arms.Her eyes rolled back, and for one terrifying heartbeat, she stopped breathing.“No—no, no, no, no.” Jax caught her as she slumped, her head lolling against his chest. The faint glow of the motel’s emergency light flickered over her face, painting her skin in ghostly red.Her pulse fluttered weakly beneath his fingers, then vanished again.“Come on, Doc. Don’t do this to me.”He dropped to his knees, laying her flat on the grimy carpet. The chemical scent of blood and smoke clung to her. His mind roared. He’d seen men die — too many — but never her. Never this woman who’d stitched him back to life and somehow, in the process, become his reason to fight.Her breathing stuttered. The faint shimmer of silver dust still clung to her skin.Jax grabbed the motel first-aid kit, tearing it open. His fingers moved with mechanical precision — checking airway, pulse, chest. Nothing steady. He needed to keep her heart going.“Come on, Blake,” he muttered thr
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Chapter: Chapter 53 – The Ghost in Her BloodThe words echoed like a ricochet in Sienna’s skull.It’s time to finish what your father started.She stared down at Ethan from the catwalk, the world around her shrinking to a blur of cold air and flickering light. Her father. Her father. Dr. Eliah Blake. The man who had taught her to save lives, not destroy them. The man who’d died when she was in med school.No.This couldn’t be real.Jax moved in front of her, gun raised toward the warehouse floor. “What the hell are you talking about, Mercer?” he barked. “Her father’s been dead ten years.”Ethan smiled up at them, the kind of smile that could rot something pure. “Dead, yes. Buried, no. You really think Ravenfield died with the flames?” He gestured toward the humming container beside him. “You should’ve paid more attention, Doctor Blake. The sins of the fathers always find their way home.”“Shut up!” Sienna’s voice cracked through the air before she could stop it. She gripped the railing to keep her hands from shaking. “You don’t
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Chapter: Chapter 52 – Ghosts Don’t Stay BuriedThe silence after Caleb’s last breath felt unreal — like the world had pressed pause.Sienna couldn’t look away from Jax. He was kneeling beside his brother’s body, hands covered in blood, eyes hollow. The man who could tear through a dozen enemies without flinching now looked like he didn’t even remember how to breathe.Diesel strained against his restraints, his voice breaking the heavy quiet. “Jax—”“Don’t,” Jax said hoarsely. His voice was raw enough to cut glass. “Don’t say anything.”Sienna wanted to go to him. To touch his shoulder, to anchor him somehow. But before she could move, Ethan’s slow, mocking footsteps echoed through the warehouse.“Well,” he said cheerfully, “that was moving. Really. Someone hand me a tissue.”Jax rose in one smooth, dangerous motion, blood still dripping down his forearms. His eyes had gone flat and cold — the kind of calm that made Ethan’s smile falter for half a heartbeat.“You killed him,” Jax said. It wasn’t shouted. It didn’t need to be.Ethan
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Chapter: Chapter 51 – The Things We BuryThe air inside the warehouse was thick enough to choke on.Jax didn’t move. Didn’t blink. The Glock stayed fixed on his brother, but his mind had detonated. Caleb’s words kept looping — You left Mom. You left her to die alone.That wasn’t true.It couldn’t be true.But the look in Caleb’s eyes — that raw, shaking fury — it wasn’t the kind of hate you could fake.“What the hell are you talking about?” Jax’s voice was low, hoarse, like gravel being crushed.Caleb laughed, bitter and small. “Don’t act like you don’t know. You ran off to play soldier, left her with nothing but me. And when she got sick—when she couldn’t afford the meds—who do you think buried her? Not you. You didn’t even show up.”The words hit like punches, one after another.Sienna’s stomach twisted. She looked at Jax — really looked — and saw the shock give way to something darker. Guilt.Ethan leaned against a pillar, enjoying the show. “Oh, this is delicious. I should start charging admission.”Jax’s hand shook once
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Chapter: Chapter 50 – Bloodlines in ChainsThe sound of that single word — brother — slammed into Jax harder than any bullet.For a moment, he just stood there, chest rising and falling in rough bursts, staring at the man in front of him. His face was older, sharper around the jaw, eyes harder than the boy Jax remembered. But there was no mistaking the blood that ran through both of them.“Caleb,” Jax rasped. The name tasted like iron.The man smirked. “Didn’t think you’d recognize me. Guess blood does stick, huh?”Every muscle in Jax’s body went rigid. His fingers flexed around the Glock. “What the hell are you doing here? Wearing our patch?”Ethan chuckled, strolling in lazy circles like a snake. “Ah, family reunions. Always so heartwarming.”Sienna glanced between them, her eyes wide, her pulse visible in the delicate line of her throat. She didn’t know Caleb, but she could feel the weight in the air — decades of silence breaking open like a wound.Caleb took a step closer. His eyes flicked to the gun in Jax’s hand. “I’m he
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Chapter: Chapter 49 – The Judas WithinThe door groaned shut behind Ethan, the sound sealing like a coffin lid.Jax stood frozen for a moment, Ethan’s final words gnawing at the marrow of his bones. He’s already inside your club.Hellborn wasn’t just a patch. It was his lifeblood, the family he’d bled for, the men who carried him when the weight was too much. If Ethan was right—and God help him, some ugly part of him knew he was—then everything was tainted.Sienna’s hand pressed against his arm. “Jax.”He blinked, dragging his eyes down to her. She looked pale in the dim light, hair falling loose around her face, eyes sharp with worry.“Don’t believe him,” she said. “He wants you broken. That’s all this is.”“Maybe,” Jax muttered. His jaw clenched hard. “Or maybe he just told me the truth I’ve been too blind to see.”The guards yanked the door back open.“On your feet,” one barked.Jax moved, his shoulders stiff, his fists still tingling from the weight of chains. They gripped his arms hard, dragging him into the hall. The
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Surrogate for My Cold-Hearted Ex
Maya Rivers never thought desperation would lead her back into the arms of the man who once shattered her. To save her sister’s life, she agrees to become a surrogate through a private, anonymous agency—no names, no attachments, no complications.
But when the intended father is revealed, her world comes crashing down. The baby’s father is none other than Adrian Knight—her cold, ruthless ex-husband and the billionaire who accused her of betrayal, tore apart their marriage, and left her heart in ruins.
Adrian wants an heir more than anything. What he didn’t expect was Maya—the only woman he ever loved and lost—carrying his child. Bound by legal contracts and unresolved emotions, he demands she move into his estate, forcing them into a tense, unwanted reunion under one roof.
As Maya’s belly grows, so does the tangled web of secrets between them. Old wounds resurface, passion rekindles, and truths long buried begin to unravel: the betrayal that destroyed them was a lie, their divorce was never finalized, and this pregnancy is far from ordinary.
Now, with their future—and their twins—hanging in the balance, Maya and Adrian must face the question neither dared to ask:
Is love enough to heal what was broken, or will pride and pain tear them apart forever?
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Chapter: Chapter Thirty Three – The Bloodline LieEleanor’s shadow stretched across the polished floor like something out of a nightmare. The storm outside rumbled again, as though the sky itself knew this confrontation would break something that could never be fixed.Maya’s heart was racing so fast she thought it might burst. Adrian stood frozen, clutching the papers she’d handed him, his jaw tight, his knuckles white.“Say something,” he finally whispered, his voice hoarse.Eleanor stepped into the light, her face calm and eerily collected. “There’s nothing to say that you haven’t already read.”Adrian’s voice broke into a shout. “You changed the donor? You replaced my DNA—my child—and you think there’s nothing to say?!”Eleanor didn’t flinch. “I did what was necessary.”Maya’s voice cracked. “Necessary? You manipulated science, Adrian’s life, and my body—how could you possibly justify that?”Eleanor’s eyes flicked toward her, cold but composed. “Because this family needed protecting. Adrian’s bloodline—our legacy—could not afford
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Chapter: Chapter Thirty Two – The Cost of ProtectionThe silence after Eleanor’s voice faded was thick enough to choke on.Maya and Adrian sat frozen in front of the monitor, the glow from the screen flickering across their pale faces.“I warned you, Adrian,” his mother had said, her calm tone cutting deeper than any shout.“Some things are better left buried.”Adrian’s jaw clenched, his eyes narrowing. “She knew.”Maya’s voice trembled. “She planned for you to see this.”He stood abruptly, the chair scraping against the hardwood floor. “I’m done with her games.”Maya reached for him. “Adrian—wait—”But he was already gone, his long strides echoing through the marble hallway.Maya hesitated for only a moment before following.Eleanor’s private suite was dimly lit, candles burning low on the mantel despite the late hour. She sat in her high-backed armchair, calm as a queen expecting her subjects.When Adrian burst in, she didn’t flinch. She simply lifted her gaze from her teacup, her silver eyes as sharp as glass.“Adrian,” she said smoo
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Chapter: Chapter Thirty-One – Storms Don’t Ask PermissionThe elevator doors slid shut with a metallic thud, and the silence that followed was deafening.Maya stood frozen beside Adrian, her pulse hammering in her ears. She could still hear Lila’s mocking voice echoing down the hallway — Tell your mother I said hello.Adrian’s hands were clenched so tightly his knuckles had gone white. His jaw worked as he stared at the elevator panel, his reflection pale and tense in the mirror-lined walls.“She’s bluffing,” Maya said, though her voice trembled. “She has to be.”Adrian didn’t answer.The elevator reached the ground floor with a chime, and as the doors opened, chaos greeted them like a slap.Reporters crowded the lobby, cameras flashing, voices shouting questions over one another.“Adrian! Did Knight Industries break surrogacy laws?”“Maya Rivers, were you paid to carry your ex-husband’s child?”“Is this an illegal arrangement or a love story gone wrong?”Maya’s stomach dropped. Adrian moved instantly, putting an arm around her shoulders and
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Chapter: Chapter Thirty – The Woman in RedMaya’s breath caught in her throat.“Lila?” she whispered, as if saying the name out loud might make it less real.Adrian’s eyes darkened, his jaw tightening like steel. “It can’t be,” he muttered, though his voice wavered slightly. “She wouldn’t dare—”But the signature glared up at them, bold, elegant, unmistakable: Lila Harrington.Maya’s fingers trembled as she took the folder from his hand. “She was the one who leaked the story about me and your rival, wasn’t she? She set it all up.”Adrian said nothing for a long time. His silence was the answer she didn’t want but already knew.He ran a hand through his hair, pacing in front of the desk like a storm barely contained. “She had motive,” he said quietly. “She always did. When I ended our engagement, she swore I’d regret it.”Maya blinked. “Engagement?”Adrian froze. His head snapped up to meet her stunned gaze. “You didn’t know?”She laughed, but there was no humor in it. “No, Adrian, I didn’t. Funny how that never came up between
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Chapter: Chapter Twenty-Nine – Shattered SilenceMaya’s scream tore from her throat before she could stop it. It was raw, primal, the kind of sound that rattled the walls and left her chest heaving.Adrian jolted toward her instantly. “Maya—”“Don’t!” she snapped, clutching the photograph in shaking hands. Her whole body trembled as she stared at the timestamp, the sterile hospital waiting room, her own broken silhouette frozen forever in grainy black-and-white.Her stomach churned. Her throat felt like sandpaper. “How… how did she—how did you—”Adrian’s gaze dropped to the picture. His face drained of color. He looked as if someone had punched the breath out of him.“Maya…” His voice cracked. “What is this?”She barked out a bitter laugh that dissolved into tears. “Don’t you dare play dumb. You can read the date. You can see the place. You know exactly what this is.”His brow furrowed, his voice hoarse. “No, I don’t. I don’t—please, tell me.”Her chest caved in, and the words slipped out before she could stop them. “It was our baby
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Chapter: Chapter Twenty-Eight – Strings in the ShadowsMaya’s heart hammered as Eleanor’s words echoed in the silence.Long before you thought you’d escaped Adrian Knight, I was making sure you never truly could.The sentence pressed down on her chest like a weight, crushing, suffocating. She clutched her belly as if shielding the twins from a truth too poisonous to breathe in.“What… what are you talking about?” Maya demanded, her voice trembling. “What do you mean I’ve been watched?”Eleanor’s expression remained maddeningly calm, like a queen surveying pawns on a chessboard. “Exactly what I said. Do you think it was chance that brought you here? Fate?” She gave a delicate, disdainful laugh. “No, my dear. Chance is for fools. I prefer control.”Maya’s skin prickled. “Control? You mean you’ve been stalking me?”“Such an ugly word,” Eleanor sighed. “I prefer overseeing. Ensuring the right pieces fall into place.”Maya’s throat went dry. “Overseeing what?”Eleanor’s smile thinned. “Everything.”Adrian stepped forward sharply, his face pale
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