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Chapter 51: After the Fall

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The woods were full of noise.

Branches snapped. Boots thudded against damp leaves. Ryan stood in the doorway, watching the shadows flicker as Chris and Thomas gave chase into the dark.

The police sirens grew louder, cutting through the silence like a blade. Red and blue lights flashed in the distance, washing over the lakehouse with dizzy pulses.

Ryan’s hands were still shaking.

He slowly stepped out onto the porch, the cold biting his skin even through his jacket. His phone buzzed again this time from Daniel.

Daniel: Are you okay? Please tell me you’re okay.

Ryan stared at the screen.

And for the first time in a long time… he wasn’t sure how to answer.

They caught Adrien ten minutes later.

He hadn’t gotten far. Chris tackled him near the edge of the ravine, where the trees thinned and the ground turned dangerous. Adrien fought desperate, teeth bared, fingernails scraping skin but Thomas helped pin him down until the police arrived.

It was over quickly.

Ryan watched from a distance as
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    Six years was a long time to go without looking over his shoulder.In the beginning, peace felt like an illusion Ryan couldn’t trust. For months after Adrien was sent away, he kept expecting to find him standing outside his building, or to hear that low, deliberate voice behind him in a crowd. Even in the safest spaces, the shadow of what happened lingered.But as the months turned into years, Adrien became a ghost in his life distant, silent, gone.Ryan’s world slowly reshaped itself.He graduated with honors, surrounded by friends. Daniel was in the front row at the ceremony, his steady gaze following Ryan’s every step. Chris was whistling loudly from the back, earning him a glare from the faculty but making Ryan laugh for the first time that day.It was a real laugh, too not the careful, practiced smile he’d worn so often after the kidnapping.By the second year, Ryan had moved to a new city to live with his cousin, Ella. She’d started a small marketing and design firm, and offere

  • A Story That Doesn’t Belong To You   Chapter 71: The Last time we Saw Him

    The police station smelled faintly of coffee and paperwork. Ryan sat between Daniel and Chris at the long counter, fingers twisted together so tightly they’d gone pale. He’d been here before, filed reports before but every time felt like walking into the same wall.Daniel placed the folder on the counter. “We’ve brought more evidence this time. Photos. Messages. Witness statements. Everything you asked for.We brought them The officer flipped through the file, nodding slowly. “I’ll log it, he said. “But you know how these things go.Ryan’s stomach tightened. He did know. Every time Adrien’s name came up, the whispers started about his father, about the family’s wealth, about how nothing stuck.Chris leaned in. “So what, we just keep waiting until he actually kills someone?Till someone die? The officer’s jaw twitched, but he didn’t answer.When they left the station, Ryan felt the familiar burn of frustration in his chest. “They’re never going to do anything,” he said, voice flat.

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    Ryan woke to the faint hum of the city beyond Daniel’s window a low, constant reminder that life moved on, even when his world felt shattered. Morning light crept through the curtains, painting golden bars across the hardwood floor. For a moment, he thought it would be quiet. Peaceful.He was wrong.Daniel was already gone, and Chris’s mug sat half empty on the kitchen table. Ryan had slept in his clothes jeans and the old hoodie Adrien liked to call “mine” but he felt no shame about it. His body ached in new ways: bruises from Adrien’s grip, rope burns on his wrists, and a lingering tension in his chest that sleep couldn’t erase.He pushed himself up on one elbow and spotted the envelope lying on top of his notebook a stark white formality in the midst of disarray. His name was scrawled in Adrien’s familiar slanted handwriting.Ryan’s pulse quickened. His hand hovered over the envelope, fingers trembling. He wanted to tear it open and destroy whatever lay inside without reading a sin

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    Ryan woke up gasping.The room was still dark, though a faint strip of morning light had slipped through the curtains. His heart pounded in his chest like it wanted to escape his ribcage. Sweat clung to his skin, and the ghost of Adrien’s hands lingered on his body phantoms from a dream that had felt too real.He reached for the edge of the bed, needing something solid, and instead touched Daniel.Daniel stirred instantly. “Ryan?“I… I’m okay,” Ryan whispered, though his voice trembled and his eyes glistened with panic.Daniel sat up beside him, rubbing a hand over his back. “Nightmare?Ryan nodded. “I thought I was back there. With him.Daniel said nothing, only pulled him close again. Ryan went, willingly. He hated how safe Daniel made him feel because a part of him feared it would be stolen from him again.“I feel dirty, Ryan said suddenly. “Like I’m stained and no one can see it but me.“You’re not dirty,” Daniel replied quietly. “You’re hurt. And healing doesn’t make you any less

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    The ride was silent except for the sound of the wind outside and the quiet hum of tires skimming pavement. Inside the car, time felt suspended.Ryan didn’t speak.He sat curled against Daniel in the back seat, his head resting against his chest, fingers curled tightly into his hoodie like he was afraid Daniel might disappear if he let go. His breath came in shallow, irregular gasps. His skin was pale, eyes bloodshot, his lips raw where he’d chewed them numb.Chris kept glancing at them through the rearview mirror, his jaw clenched. “How far was that house?” he asked, his voice low. “That place was in the middle of nowhere.”“Too far,” Daniel muttered. “He planned this. Adrien didn’t just snap he’s been watching Ryan for a while.Ryan flinched at the name. His nails dug into Daniel’s shirt.“Hey,” Daniel whispered, tightening his hold. “It’s over. You’re safe now.”But Ryan didn’t believe that. Daniel could see it in the way his eyes flicked toward the windows, like Adrien might come

  • A Story That Doesn’t Belong To You   Chapter 67 : The door that wasn’t locked

    Ryan sat frozen for several heartbeats after Adrien left, his ears straining for any sound through the thick silence. He heard footsteps fade down the hallway. Then a door opened somewhere in the distance… and closed.Then nothing.He tested the ropes binding his wrists. They were tight, but Adrien had been rushing this time. In his breakdown, he hadn’t tied them with the same meticulous precision as before. The fibers dug into Ryan’s already raw skin, but they shifted. Slightly.Ryan gritted his teeth and twisted harder, ignoring the pain as the coarse rope scraped at his flesh. Move. Now.It felt like forever before one wrist slipped free. He yanked his hand loose with a low hiss of pain, then tore the remaining bindings from his other wrist and ankles. He stood slowly, his legs trembling with the rush of blood returning to his limbs.The room spun briefly, his head still pounding from where Adrien had struck him, but Ryan forced himself steady. This was his chance. If Adrien came b

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