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Chapter 213

Author: Solomon Emmanuel
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-09 03:26:01

Sophia’s POV

I didn’t move.

I couldn’t.

Every muscle in my body screamed in protest, but none louder than the sound inside my head—Damian’s voice echoing like a siren through bone.

“We were wondering when you'd arrive.”

He stepped closer, his boots making no sound on the concrete floor. The shadows seemed to bend around him like they knew better than to defy his presence. His hands were gloved, his suit pristine despite the carnage around us, as if he’d strolled into a graveyard and decided it was just another boardroom.

“Still stubborn,” he murmured, crouching beside me. “Still bleeding for ghosts.”

My hand twitches toward my side holster, but he caught the motion before I could blink and with effortless precision, he snatched the gun, disassembled it, and tossed the pieces behind him.

“You always were predictable.”

“I could say the same about you,” I rasped. My voice was raw. “Still monologuing like a cliché.”

He laughed, a quiet, controlled sound that didn’t reach his eyes. “Sophia
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