Chapter: CHAPTER 3The words hung frozen in the heavy, alcohol-scented air between them. Seven swallowed hard, a sudden, involuntary dry lump forming in her throat. The sheer weight of the stranger’s voice rippled across her skin, sending an icy shiver straight down her spine. It wasn’t just deep; it possessed an innate, dark authority that left her temporarily paralyzed. For a split second, the quick-witted, highly trained apprentice vanished, leaving only a startled young woman trying to process the absolute audacity of his accusation. Her mind raced, grasping for a defensive comeback, but the heat crawling up her neck threatened to betray her. She didn't know what to say. Realizing that any verbal retaliation might only make her look guiltier or more flustered, she tightly compressed her lips. She chose the refuge of silence rather than defending herself and risking further embarrassment under his piercing, emerald gaze."I'll go ahead, Sev. We're up next," Dos suddenly interjected, stepping between
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Chapter: CHAPTER 2Sweat dripped heavily from Seven’s forehead, stinging her eyes as she forced her aching body through another brutal rotation. Every muscle in her body screamed for reprieve, burning with an agonizing fire that threatened to buckle her knees. Yet, she knew better than to slow down. In this place, under the unyielding gaze of her handler, she had no right to rest. She had no right to complain. To show even a flicker of exhaustion was to invite a consequence far worse than physical pain."Focus, Seven!"The harsh, booming command shattered the tense silence of the underground training facility. The voice belonged to Nimrod, her training coach. Nimrod was a towering man whose frame was built of solid, scarred muscle, and whose temperament was notoriously unyielding. When it came to their daily regimens, he was a merciless taskmaster. He operated under a simple, draconian philosophy: a single mistake on the mats meant a night of starvation. For a growing seventeen-year-old whose life depen
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Chapter: CHAPTER 1Two dead bodies were recovered from the road. People were in a frenzy upon seeing the two corpses lying in the middle of the street.The two bodies, which were found early this morning, have not yet been identified. According to the report, no wounds or gunshot wounds were found on the victims.The investigation is still ongoing at the site where they were found. There were also no witnesses to the killing of the two. Authorities suspect they might have been killed elsewhere.Hardly any evidence was found to show that the crime took place in the area where the two bodies were discovered. Their deaths are highly mysterious.Tris clenched his jaw at the news he was watching. This was not the first time something like this had happened; just last month, several corpses were also found in the middle of the street.And all of them were killed in mysterious ways. No suspects, no evidence—the only similarity was that all the victims were found on the road. They were cleanly killed, and even
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Chapter: CHAPTER 25“Khier!”Ang tanging natira sa lalamunan ni Wenshie ay isang paos at basag na tili na agad ding nilamon ng nakatutulig na ugong ng sirena. Ang kanyang mga palad ay nakadikit pa rin sa makapal at malamig na bulletproof glass ng shutter, ngunit wala na siyang makita kundi ang makapal at itim na usok na unti-unting pumupuno sa kabilang bahagi ng salamin.Wala na ang putok ng baril. Wala na ang boses ng kanyang amang humihingi ng saklolo. Wala na ang nakatatakot ngunit kalmadong tinig ni Hector.At higit sa lahat… wala na si Khier.“Hindi… hindi
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Chapter: CHAPTER 24Ang tunog ng putok ng baril ay tila nagpatigil sa pag-ikot ng mundo.Isang nakatutulig na katahimikan ang bumalot sa makitid at madilim na eskinita ng BGC, habang ang usok mula sa dulo ng baril ay marahang humahalo sa malamig na hangin ng gabi. Ang amoy ng pulbura ay humalo sa amoy ng basang semento at dugo.Wenshie’s hands were shaking violently, her fingers still clamped tight around the cold grip of Khier’s spare gun. Ang kanyang paningin ay nakapako kay K.Sa loob ng ilang segundo, nanatiling nakatayo si K, ang kanyang mukha ay bakas ang gulat at hindi paniniwala. Dahan-dahang ibinaba ng lalaki ang tingin sa sarili nitong dibdib. A dark, thick stain of crimson was rapidly blossoming on his white linen shirt, directly over his heart. He let out a wet, rattling gasp, his gun slipping from his fingers and clattering onto the wet asphalt.“W-Wenshie…” K whispered, his voice cracking, spitting out a mouthful of blood. “You… actually…”Bago pa man niya matapos ang kanyang sasabihin, ang
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Chapter: CHAPTER 23Ang pulang ilaw mula sa laser ng mga nakatutok na riple ay tila mga buhay na uod na gumagapang sa dibdib ni Wenshie. Ang bawat kurap ng pulang tuldok sa kanyang balat ay tila dila ng apoy na nagbabadya ng kamatayan. The metallic, rhythmic beeping of the detonator in K’s hand echoed inside the sealed penthouse, filling the pitch-black space with a suffocating, lethal cadence.Nine.Eight.“Khier…” Wenshie whispered, her voice almost non-existent, a fragile thread of sound drowned out by the mechanical countdown. Ang kanyang buong katawan ay nanginginig, hindi lang dahil sa lamig ng aircon na unti-unting nawawalan ng kuryente, kundi dahil sa multo ng kamatayan na nakatayo sa kanilang harapan.Khier didn't flinch. In the dim, red-tinted darkness, his towering silhouette stood like a granite wall in front of her. His hand remained behind his back, slowly, invisibly sliding toward the small of his spine where his customized semi-automatic pistol was tucked. His muscles were so tense they l
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Chapter: CHAPTER 22The deafening blast of a gun sliced through the pitch-black darkness of the study room, vibrating violently inside Wenshie’s eardrums. Sa isang saglit, tila huminto ang buong mundo. She expected to feel the white-hot, piercing pain of a bullet tearing through her flesh, expected her vision to fade into nothingness habang dahan-dahang umaagos ang kanyang dugo sa malamig na sahig.But the suffocating grip on her mouth suddenly vanished.Isang mabigat na katawan ang bumagsak sa sahig sa kanyang tabi na may kasamang kalunos-lunos na tunog. Wenshie stumbled forward, her bare feet slipping on the smooth mahogany floor, bago tuluyang napaluhod sa takot. Gasping for air, she pressed her back against the side of Khier’s heavy wooden desk. Ang kanyang puso ay walang tigil sa marahas na pagtibok, tila ba lalabas ito mula sa kanyang dibdib sa tindi ng kaba.Through the dim, gray light filtering from the foggy Tagaytay sky outside, she saw a shadow slumped on the floor. Ang nakahandusay na lalaki
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Chapter: CHAPTER 21The morning sun tried its best to pierce through the heavy Tagaytay fog, casting long, pale shadows across the master bedroom. Wenshie slowly opened her eyes, feeling the lingering warmth of the previous night. For a brief, fleeting second, there was peace. She could still feel the phantom touch of Khier’s hands on her skin, the memory of his desperate, passionate whispers keeping the nightmares at bay.But the moment she rolled over, reality crashed down on her like an avalanche.The other side of the bed was empty. The sheets were cold.Wenshie sat up, wrapping the thick duvet around her bare shoulders. A heavy weight settled in her chest as she remembered Hermes. The grief was a physical ache, a reminder that the war they were in was real, and it was leaving a trail of bodies in its wake.She got out of bed and slipped into Khier’s silk robe, tying it tightly around her waist. She needed to find him. She needed to feel his arms around her to convince herself that they were still sa
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Chapter: CHAPTER 20Every tick of the clock felt like a countdown to Wenshie. Ang katahimikan sa loob ng master’s bedroom sa Tagaytay safehouse ay tila unti-unting sumasakal sa kanya. She paced back and forth, her heart hammering against her ribs like a trapped bird.Kanina pa naka-lockdown ang buong mansyon. She had watched from the window as Khier’s security detail doubled their patrols, standing like iron statues in the cold Tagaytay mist. When Khier called her on his way back, his voice was so cold, so devoid of life, that it terrified her to her very core. He had told her everything—the fire at the port, the ambush, and Hermes...Hermes was dead.The childhood friend she grew up with, the man who had desperately tried to win her back in all the wrong ways, was gone. Wenshie squeezed her eyes shut, letting the tears finally spill over her cheeks. She felt a sickening mixture of grief, guilt, and absolute terror. K was a monster who had no boundaries, and according to Khier, the psychopath was heading
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