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AMARIS POV

I tried to keep my nerves from unraveling, but with every shallow breath, my composure crumbled a little more. Wedged between two men clad in dark tactical gear, I sat stiffly in the backseat of a van, wrists bound by a nylon strap. They hadn’t bothered to restrain my feet or blindfold me an omission that sent a spike of unease slicing through me.

The tinted windows offered little visibility in the dead of night, but still... not covering my eyes meant one of two things: they either didn’t believe I could retrace our route, or they didn’t expect me to live long enough to try.

The only relief came from their carelessness. No one had frisked me. They’d confiscated my purse, sure, but none of them realized I’d hidden my phone elsewhere. It was tucked inside the inner pocket of my jacket, along with the only thing that resembled a weapon though it would be useless unless someone freed my hands, and that wasn’t happening anytime soon.

The two men flanking me were buil
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  • Belonging to Lockhart   189

    "Daddy!" Tamsin sprinted across the airport terminal, arms outstretched like wings. "Tammy!" Theron's laugh echoed as he caught her mid-run, sweeping her into his arms and twirling her around. Naturally, my daughter paid me no attention. The moment her father appeared, it was as if I had vanished into thin air her loyalty clearly switched. She clung to him like a baby kangaroos, little arms fastened tightly around his neck as he walked toward me. "I missed you," he murmured, dipping his head to kiss me softly. "I missed you too," I whispered back. For the rest of the evening and long into the hour after dinner Tamsin remained attached to her father, recounting every moment of his absence with animated gestures and endless excitement. Not surprisingly, she left out the incident involving a bottle of pink glitter and Sunniva’s hair. The heartwarming Daddy-you’re-my-whole-world phase ended the instant Renzo and Seren arrived. "Uncle Renzo!" she squealed, launching hers

  • Belonging to Lockhart   188

    FIVE YEARS LATER Chun Kit, Zinnia, and Isabelle had faded into nothing more than bad memories. Pan Lei had been swiftly tried and sentenced, followed by Zinnia and Isabelle six months later. The remnants of Chun Kit’s network his army, his allies were tracked down one after the other. Special Agent Verrill had made sure they all met justice. And then, as if the world sensed the danger had finally passed, Tamsin was born. Our beautiful daughter arrived a day after the last trial concluded. The life I once knew riddled with fear and haunted by nightmares had grown nearly idyllic. There was rebuilding to do, of course, in more ways than one. But Theron and I had managed to piece it all back together. I never returned to Lockhart Digital. A year after stepping away, the company merged with Manny’s, giving rise to Lockhart & Holleran Interactive. Theron and Renzo restructured the Lockhart Consortium, turning it into an even greater empire twice as lucrative as before. They had bo

  • Belonging to Lockhart   187

    AMARIS POV Theron hadn’t taken my decision well. He’d spent hours trying to talk me out of it, but I’d already made peace with what needed to be done. There was no other way to end this. Since my primary physician had outright refused to discharge me, my team relocated into my hospital room, setting up computers and equipment around the bed. Theron brought me a laptop tray so I could work while lying down. Technically, I wasn’t violating doctor's orders at least not completely. In just two days, we’d expanded Panora’s reach by over fifty new sites, focusing on private airstrips, marinas, and train terminals. One by one, we tapped into any traffic camera within range. With each feed added, Panora’s network stretched farther, tightening the net. Still, it wasn’t enough to find Chun Kit. "Zhenhai should be helping us hunt his old boss," Romilly muttered, her eyes fixed on her monitor. I exhaled slowly. “Zhenhai’s done enough. He took his mother and left. They deserve a chance t

  • Belonging to Lockhart   186

    AMARIS POV He came for me. He found me. I remembered his lips pressing gently to mine. I remembered the faint curve of a smile softening his face. I remembered my voice breaking, the tears that spilled part grief, part laughter. Then everything blurred. His voice began to fade, swallowed by the haze. I must have passed out soon after. Waking was not gentle. The first thing I felt was pain radiating, shifting, persistent. But strangely, it didn’t overwhelm me. Maybe it was the medication running through my veins, or maybe it was something deeper. A sense of safety. Despite everything, my lips lifted faintly as my eyes fluttered open. I was tucked into a hospital bed, wrapped in clean sheets. An IV line fed into my arm, likely dulling the worst of the pain. But none of that none of the sterile safety warmed me. It was him. Theron sat at my bedside, his hand cradling mine in his. His head was resting beside our joined hands, eyes closed in uneasy sleep. I stirred, rising

  • Belonging to Lockhart   185

    Three Hours Earlier After meticulously comparing the coordinates with the architectural plans Manny had uncovered, we pressed deeper into the forest, following Zhenhai’s instructions step by step. We scaled a narrow hill and then we saw it. A ten-foot-high fence, coiled with barbed wire, loomed ahead. Watchtowers framed its corners like sentinels from a nightmare. “Son of a bitch,” Renzo muttered, stunned by the sight. His eyes swept across the fortified compound. “I’ve seen maximum-security prisons with less protection.” My mouth tightened into a hard line. “Well, at least now we know the tunnels are our only way in.” I reached out to Lazaro and the teams combing the other areas, updating them on our find. Then I glanced at my watch and nausea coiled in my gut. We had less than twenty minutes left. And that was only if Chun Kit played by his own rules. A sick part of me knew better. He could kill Ami any second before that. Panic clawed through my chest. I had to g

  • Belonging to Lockhart   184

    Three Hours Earlier The Radiant App Ami’s masterpiece was gone. Erased. Obliterated. Chun Kit must have gotten desperate. Desperate enough to force some poor bastard into breaching the system, no matter the cost. According to Romilly and Rex, the hacker had infiltrated through a tiny device planted inside the server room. Which could only mean one thing someone from Chun Kit’s syndicate had managed to break into Lockhart Digital. A fire lit in my chest. I made a mental note to fire the head of security the moment this was over. It could’ve been catastrophic. A full-scale disaster. I didn’t even want to imagine the kind of carnage a leak of that magnitude could’ve caused. But Ami had prepared for it. She’d designed a failsafe for the worst-case scenario. She’d sacrificed her greatest achievement. And in doing so, she saved the entire company. I loved her for that. For more reasons than I could count. And for some I still couldn’t even remember. But I would. Once she was b

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