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chapter fifty one

Penulis: Starman
last update Tanggal publikasi: 2026-04-21 18:44:17

THE OFFER

ARIA

The smell of smoke lingered in the night air long after the flames in the wreckage began to fade.

Officers continued moving around the parking lot, placing markers, taking photos, and speaking urgently into their radios. Red and blue lights flashed across the walls of the station, bathing everything in restless color.

But my attention remained fixed on Luca.

He stood a few feet away from me, hands loosely in his pockets, watching the scene with a calm focus that felt almost unnat
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    ALLIES & LIARSARIAThe chamber fell silent.For one terrible second, nobody spoke.Nobody moved.Then the nearest voice echoed through the darkness.Much closer now.Close enough that we could hear the words."Spread out."My heart slammed against my ribs.They were almost here.And whatever answers Gabriel Voss carried about my grandfather...We were about to have to fight to keep them alive.***"Move."Marcus didn't shout the order.He didn't need to.The urgency in his voice was enough.The chamber exploded into motion.Guards shifted positions immediately, forming a protective circle around me while scanning every tunnel entrance. The approaching footsteps echoed through the underground network, growing louder with each passing second.Too loud.Too close.Sokolov's men were nearly on top of us.Gabriel Voss looked toward one of the side passages and cursed under his breath."That route's gone."Marcus's eyes narrowed."What do you mean, gone?""They'll already have it covered."

  • A TALL HORNY STRANGER    eighty five

    THE MAN IN THE DARKARIAThe tension thickened.One wrong move and someone was getting shot.I could feel it.The stranger seemed aware of it too.His smile faded slightly."I'm not your enemy.""That's exactly what an enemy would say," one of the guards replied."Fair point."Marcus's patience was visibly running out."You have ten seconds."The stranger studied him for a moment.Then his gaze returned to me.And something changed.Not dramatically.Just enough for me to notice.Recognition.Not the recognition of someone seeing a famous person.The recognition of someone seeing someone important.Someone he'd been searching for.My stomach tightened."You know who I am," I said.The man nodded."Yes.""How?"His answer came immediately."Because I knew your grandfather."Silence crashed into the room.Every sound seemed to disappear.Even the dripping water.Even my heartbeat.My grandfather.The words echoed inside my head.Impossible.My grandfather had been dead for years.Marcus

  • A TALL HORNY STRANGER    eighty four

    SOMETHING WETARIA"Marcus."Every nerve in my body tightened."What?"The guard pointed toward the floor ahead.There, illuminated by the weak emergency lighting, was something dark.Something wet.Marcus moved forward carefully.Then stopped.My stomach twisted.Blood.A trail of blood.Fresh.Not much.But enough.The air in the chamber seemed to grow heavier."Jesus," one of the guards muttered.Marcus crouched beside the stain.His expression hardened immediately."He found it.""What?" I asked.Marcus stood slowly.His voice was grim."The maintenance shaft."The words echoed through the chamber.No one needed further explanation.If there was blood here, someone had already discovered the route.Someone had already come through.Maybe recently.Maybe very recently.My pulse hammered against my ribs."We need to leave."Marcus nodded."Agreed."But before anyone could move—A sound echoed from somewhere deeper in the darkness.Metal scraping against concrete.The entire group sp

  • A TALL HORNY STRANGER    eighty three

    THE MAINTENANCE SHAFTARIAThe tunnel was colder than I expected.Cold, narrow, and suffocating.The concrete walls seemed to close in around us as we moved through the darkness, guided only by emergency lights mounted along the passage. Water dripped steadily from somewhere overhead, each drop echoing through the confined space.Under different circumstances, the place would have felt abandoned.Tonight, it felt hunted.Marcus led the group from the front while two guards remained behind me and another two moved ahead, scanning every corner with weapons drawn.Nobody spoke much.Nobody needed to.The tension filling the tunnel was thick enough already.My mind kept replaying Viktor Sokolov's face.That smile.That certainty.The way he had spoken directly to me through the security cameras as though we were having a private conversation.As though he already owned the outcome.The memory sent a shiver down my spine.Marcus suddenly raised a hand.Everyone stopped.Immediately.The tu

  • A TALL HORNY STRANGER    eighty two

    PERSONAL VENDETTA LUCALuca had spent years building a reputation that kept men like Sokolov cautious.Careful.Respectful.Tonight, Sokolov had ignored all of that.Which meant he either believed he had already won...Or he was desperate.Luca intended to find out which.His phone rang again.Marcus.This time it was a live call.Luca answered immediately."Report."Static crackled through the line.Then Marcus's voice."We've started moving.""Where are you?""Tunnel access.""Any contact?"A burst of gunfire echoed in the background.Marcus cursed."Yes."Luca's grip tightened around the phone."Status?""They found the entrance."For the first time all night, genuine concern pushed through his composure.The tunnel entrance wasn't visible from the main house.Finding it required knowledge.Specific knowledge.Which meant the leak went deeper than he'd feared.Much deeper."Can you hold them?""We'll try."Not good enough.Not nearly good enough.Luca looked toward the driver."Ho

  • A TALL HORNY STRANGER    eighty one

    81THE STORM ARIAThe screen went black.For a moment, all I could hear was my own heartbeat.Then one of the guards spoke.Very quietly."He's close."Another burst of gunfire echoed somewhere beyond the reinforced walls.Closer than before.Much closer.Marcus immediately drew his weapon."Tunnel. Now."This time I didn't argue.Because for the first time since arriving at the estate, I understood something with absolute clarity.Viktor Sokolov wasn't searching for me anymore.He had already found me.And somewhere out in the storm, racing back toward the estate, Luca was driving straight into the trap Sokolov had spent weeks building.LUCAThe call came three minutes outside the city.Three minutes from believing the worst of the night was behind him.Three minutes from making the mistake Viktor Sokolov had been counting on.The secure line rang once.Dominic answered it from the front passenger seat.Luca immediately knew something was wrong.The color drained from Dominic's face

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