เข้าสู่ระบบBIANCAI stared at the screen, eyes accomodating to the artificial light a little faster than I'd like. Branded across the page was a firm, bold message. “Brian Callaghan: 12.9 Milllion Dollar Bounty.”Anger and irritation bubbled up my spine instantly. “Why are you showing me this?” I groaned, raising my head only slightly to meet his unperturbed gaze. My kidnapper had a plain expression on his face, even though a part of me felt like he was definitely enjoying this.“That's the highest bounty ever placed on a mercenary. Neat stuff, don't you think?”Oh, I was so ready to bite his fucking face off. “If you're looking for a reaction, you're not gonna get it.”“I think I already am, actually” he leaned back into his chair, enjoying the view of me chained still and wishing to spring out of this steel so I could slap him across the face. “Tell me” he said. “What's he like?”I didn't answer. I wasn't gonna answer. “Brian, that is” he repeated like I didn't hear the words before. “W
MIKA WAYNE (Theo's “Mission”)Word around?Theo's pissed. Apparently, him and some guy named Brian couldn't come to an agreement with some girl named Mia. It was all hearsay, of course, so I didn't know the full details. Didn't know the names Brian or Mia either. But I was fucking glad Theo was pissed. Served him right for refusing my help and thinking he could lock me up here like I was some prisoner. Fucking idiot.“Miss Mika—”“Don't talk to me, Bertrand” I laid face-flat on my bed, waving him away before I'd even heard him walk into my room. “That is your name right?” I turned. “Cause I know the whole father bullshit was a lie.”He replied with a curt nod and that annoying emotionless “butler” vibe he'd had for days now. “Mr. Theo has decided to lift your restrictions a bit. I know you've tried to escape this room multiple times, and I hate to be the one to tell you this… but you're horrible at it.”“What did you just say?” I sat up. “You still, however, won't be allowed o
MAXI walked into the cathedral, drenched by the pouring rain, and felt that familiar invincible force wrap its arms around me the moment we got in. No one looked at us.For the first time since we escaped, we could actually lift our heads without fear of being spotted. Yet, in this scanty church, I couldnt help but feel like I should've been anywhere else. “Did we take a wrong turn?” Zane murmured behind just before Trinity pulled down her hoodie. Her hair was luscious red tied in two ponytails. It gave her a young, almost innocent kind of vibe… but after spending the last couple hours trailing her every move, innocent was definitely the wrong word for Rebecca's little protégé.“My instructions were to bring you here” she muttered, rubbing her hands together to heat herself up. “Go make a confession and try not to draw too much attention to yourself” she turned to Zane, looking him and down. “You, follow me.”Before she could get a stride in, I grabbed her arm. Not hard. Definit
Mia's POV“Mia Sinclair” the officer dragged her baton across the cell gates. “Your bail has been paid. Step forward.”Weird to admit, but I didn't want to go. Not after I'd made all these… friends. “Get your… fucking foot… off—”I stomped down on her head, not hard enough to hurt, but fierce enough to remind her how things worked around here. “What was that?” I spat. “Talking back to me?”The rest of our cellmates kept their shifty eyes everywhere but on us. Ironic. When I was hauled in here a week and a half ago, they looked more than ready to shred me into pieces. Cute. But it wasn't my first time behind bars. And though my unbruised face gave them the wrong idea, I was more than happy to let the frustration reel off my skin for the first time in years.“I'm gonna miss you, Sylvia” I cleaned the under of my boot on the side of her face, then gestured for one of her little henchmen to fetch my jacket. “Hopefully we meet again. Maybe then I can teach you how to actually throw a p
TIFFANY “Eat” he said. He was sitting across from me at the helm of the dining table, taking his precious time while enjoying his steak, eggs and chips.Unfortunately, he'd learnt his lesson after what happened a week back. The eye patch over his left eye was an evident reminder of what would happen if he came anywhere close to me. But for some reason, after locking me away at the attic for the past couple days, he'd sent his little maids to fetch me today. “I hear you've been rejecting most of what you've been served” he continued, biting down on another piece of steak before he straightened. “Futile, don't you think?”I hadn't picked my fork. I couldn't stab him from all the way down here. If his little henchmen weren't all around the room, I wouldn't mind taking the longer route if it meant I got to permanently blind him.“Are you still worried about your parents?” He rhetorically asked. “Your father's fine. Your mother is too. Haven't been getting the best of sleep, but that's
MAX“If my husband finds out I'm here, I'm dead. So please” she sank into her seat. “Don't make this any harder than it already is.”I tilted, arms crossed in front of my chest while I stared at her from the other end of the small table.“Just tell me why you came.”Her hesitation was obvious. Still, she managed to let the answer roll down her tongue. “Long story short, I owe your brother a favour.”Brian? Huh. “How's he holding up?” “Well, Liam's got eyes on him too, but he's kind of used to it at this point. Still under the radar though. In a couple hours, the corporation will place a bounty on his head.”“I'm gonna guess your hubby found out his right hand man was shagging his wife?”“You know, you're no saint either” she crossed her arms and leaned back. “If he knew you…” she hesitated mid-sentence, “he'd send someone after you in here as well.”Now it made sense. Even in prison, Lang Corp was moving chess pieces.“I'm guessing the two new guards was your idea. You knew I'd—”







