Chapter: Chapter 35Lena“GET DOWN!”Rowan’s shout ripped through the corridor.And everything exploded.The ceiling gave way.Concrete crashed downward.Metal screamed overhead.Dust burst through the hallway like smoke.I dropped instantly beside Mason.The impact shook the ground beneath us.A deafening crack split the corridor.Then—Something slammed into me.Strong arms.Kane.He pulled me against him just as debris crashed where I had been kneeling.The world disappeared into noise.Concrete.Dust.Screaming metal.And for one terrifying second—I couldn’t breathe.Then silence.Not complete.Just broken.The ringing kind.My lungs burned.I coughed hard.Dust coated my throat.Emergency lights flickered weakly through gray smoke.Kane’s arm still wrapped around me.Too close.Too protective.And somehow—That frightened me.Because I didn’t know what I felt anymore.Fear.Anger.Relief.Everything hurts.His voice came low beside my ear.“You okay?”I nodded weakly.Then remembered—“Mason!”Pani
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Chapter: Chapter 34KaneThe ceiling cracked open.And chaos exploded.A thunderous crack ripped through the corridor as concrete split above us.“MOVE!”My voice tore through the noise.Too late.The roof collapsed.Dust exploded downward.Metal screamed.Lena cried out.I lunged toward her instinctively as debris crashed around us.A slab slammed beside Mason.The trapped concrete shifted violently.The corridor shook like it wanted to swallow us whole.And for one horrible second—I thought this was it.Then silence.Not complete.Just the ringing kind.Dust filled my lungs.I coughed hard.Emergency lights flickered weakly through gray smoke.Alive.Still alive.Barely.My shoulder screamed from impact.Ignore it.My first thought—Lena.I looked immediately.She knelt beside Mason, shaken but alive.Relief hit hard.Then another realization followed.Rowan.Gone.Again.The bastard moved like smoke.The hallway looked worse now.Much worse.The collapse had widened.Cracks crawled across the ceiling
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Chapter: Chapter 33Lena“She wasn’t running from me.”The words shattered the corridor.And suddenly—Everything went silent.The collapsing rink.The screaming metal.The dust falling around us.None of it mattered.My pulse hammered painfully.Because Rowan looked serious.Too serious.And that terrified me.No.No—I stared at him.“What?”Mason looked pale beneath the concrete slab.Kane had gone completely still.And Rowan—Rowan looked exhausted.Like carrying truth had finally become heavier than revenge.The corridor groaned violently overhead.Still—Nobody moved.My voice shook.“She wasn’t running from you?”Rowan’s eyes met mine.“No.”The answer came softly.Not defensive.Not angry.Just tired.Cold spread through my stomach.Because suddenly—The story I had built inside my head began cracking apart.Years of rumors.Campus whispers.A dead girl.A missing boy.And a villain everyone agreed on.Too simple.Maybe too simple.Kane’s voice cut sharply through the corridor.“Stop.”Rowan look
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Chapter: Chapter 32Kane00:10The red numbers flashed from inside the metal case.And time stopped.For half a second—Nobody moved.Nobody breathed.Then instinct took over.“MOVE!”My voice ripped through the corridor.Chaos exploded.Lena froze.The guard stumbled backward.Zara screamed.And Rowan—Rowan stood perfectly still.Watching.Always watching.The timer blinked.00:09I grabbed Lena’s arm and shoved her toward the wall.“DOWN!”The corridor shook violently.Dust exploded from the ceiling.Ethan tackled Zara beside the broken support beam.Mason nearly collapsed.The guard looked panicked.“No—no—”The timer flashed again.00:08My pulse slowed dangerously.Too clean.Too visible.Something felt wrong.Rowan still hadn’t moved.And that—That bothered me.Because Rowan never gambled blindly.He engineered.Manipulated.Controlled.I looked at him.And saw it.No fear.No urgency.Only grief.Then he spoke.Softly.“You still react the same.”The words punched through memory.Frost Night.Ru
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Chapter: Chapter 31LenaRowan stood at the far end of the corridor.And for one terrifying second—Nobody moved.The flickering emergency light cut across his face, leaving half of it buried in shadow.The metal case hung from his hand.Cold.Ordinary.And somehow—More frightening than a weapon.My pulse hammered painfully.Because this time—He wasn’t hiding behind speakers.He wasn’t running.He had come to us.The corridor groaned violently.Dust floated through a weak red light.Still—Rowan remained calm.The young security guard beside us went pale.“Oh God…”His whisper shook.Rowan looked at him first.Then at Kane.And smiled faintly.“There you are, captain.”Kane stepped forward instantly.Protective.Dangerous.His voice turned cold.“Drop the case.”Rowan tilted his head.“No.”The answer came softly.Almost bored.The corridor shook again.A loud metallic scream echoed overhead.But Rowan barely reacted.And suddenly—That scared me.Because people who stopped fearing danger were unpredic
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Chapter: Chapter 30KaneThe security guard looked terrified.And something about that terrified me too.Because fear like that—Real fear—Couldn’t be faked.The corridor shook violently beneath us.Dust drifted through weak emergency lights while the young guard struggled to stay standing.Blood soaked through his shoulder.And his breathing sounded wrong.Too shallow.Too fast.“He says you still haven’t found what Ava left behind.”The words echoed in my skull.Lena looked between us.Confused.Fear growing again.“Ava left something?”I didn’t answer.Because I honestly didn’t know.And that—That unsettled me.The rink groaned overhead.Metal screamed somewhere above us.The guard pressed a shaking hand against the wall.“You need to move.”Ethan stepped forward.“What happened to you?”The guy swallowed hard.“North stairwell.”His voice shook.“He trapped us.”Us.My pulse slowed.“Are there others?”The guard nodded weakly.“Two officers.”Cold moved through me.No.“They came after the emergenc
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