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作者: Faeniella
last update 公開日: 2026-09-30 20:24:06

JETHRO'S POV

The breach came from inside, which was somehow worse than anything Diego had done from the outside.

Brandon brought it to me himself, refusing to explain over the phone, showing up at the house with his laptop already open and his expression carefully blank in the way I'd learned meant he was bracing for my reaction.

"Show me," I said, once we were alone in the study.

He turned the screen toward me. "Outgoing calls from one of our own numbers. Three calls in the last two weeks, all
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  • Caged By His Love   The call

    MELANIE'S POV The call came at 2:14 in the morning, four months after Kamira's birth, and I knew before I'd even fully answered it that something had fundamentally shifted. "Melanie." Brandon's voice, tight with an emotion I couldn't immediately place. "I need you to sit down." "Brandon, what's wrong? What happened?" "Nothing's wrong." A pause, his voice cracking slightly. "Melanie, we found him. We found Jethro. He's alive." The world seemed to tilt entirely off its axis. I gripped the edge of Kamira's crib, staring blankly at the wall, unable to process the words I'd waited so desperately to hear for eight impossible months. "That's not possible," I whispered. "Brandon, that's not—" "A hospital in a small coastal town, three countries away. Unidentified male, found near the coast weeks after the explosion, severe burns, head trauma. He's been in and out of consciousness, unable to give them his identity until recently. A nurse finally managed to get a name out of him three day

  • Caged By His Love   Kamira’s Birth

    MELANIE'S POVLabor began three weeks early, on an ordinary Tuesday morning, catching all four of us completely off guard.I was in the kitchen with my mother, attempting one of Jethro's childhood recipes under his mother's careful supervision, when the first sharp contraction doubled me over the counter, strong enough to steal the breath from my lungs entirely."Melanie?" My mother was at my side instantly, her hand on my back."I think—" Another contraction hit before I could finish the sentence, and I gripped the counter's edge, breathing through it the way the birthing classes had taught me, though nothing had quite prepared me for the actual, overwhelming reality of it."She's early," Jethro's mother said, already moving toward the phone. "Allison! Get the car!"The next several hours blurred into a haze of pain and fear and fierce, determined focus, my mother on one side of the hospital bed, Melissa on the other, Jethro's mother and Allison taking turns pacing the hallway outsid

  • Caged By His Love   Shadows that remains

    MELANIE'S POV I was four months along when the first sign of lingering danger reached us, a reminder that even with Rodrigo gone, his network hadn't entirely dissolved along with him. Brandon arrived at the house unannounced one evening, his expression grim enough that Allison immediately ushered Jethro's mother and my own mother into the kitchen, sensing instinctively that whatever he'd come to say wasn't meant for a crowded room. "We intercepted a message," he said, once it was just the two of us and Melissa in the study. "One of Salvador's remaining associates. He's furious about Rodrigo's death, apparently blames you specifically for it." My hand moved instinctively to my stomach. "What kind of message?" "Threats. Nothing concrete yet, no specific plan we've identified. But I don't want to take chances, not with you this vulnerable." Brandon's jaw tightened. "I want security increased again. Significantly." "I thought this was over," I said, exhaustion creeping into my

  • Caged By His Love   Carrying him forward

    MELANIE'S POVThe doctor confirmed it that same afternoon, her voice gentle as she delivered news that should have been purely joyful and instead landed in my chest as something far more complicated."You're almost six weeks along," she said, studying the test results. "Congratulations, Mrs. Blackstone."I sat frozen on the examination table, Melissa's hand gripping mine, unable to summon the reaction the moment seemed to call for."Melanie?" the doctor said gently. "Are you alright?""I don't know," I admitted, tears finally spilling over. "I'm happy. I'm so happy. And I'm terrified, because he doesn't know. He might never know. He might not even be—" I couldn't finish the sentence.The doctor's expression softened with understanding. "Whatever the circumstances, you're carrying new life. That's worth honoring, even amid grief. Take care of yourself. Take care of this baby. The rest, you'll navigate one day at a time."I drove home in a daze, Melissa beside me, both of us quiet, proc

  • Caged By His Love   The Memorial

    MELANIE'S POVTen days passed before anyone used the word memorial out loud, and even then, it was Melissa who finally said it, gently, sitting beside me on the porch where I'd taken to spending most of my waking hours, watching the driveway as though Jethro might simply walk up it one afternoon."Mel," she said quietly. "I think we need to talk about a service. Not a funeral, not yet, not without a body. But something. People need somewhere to put their grief.""I'm not ready," I said, my voice hollow."I know." She took my hand. "I'm not asking you to be ready. I'm asking you to let other people grieve too. Brandon. Rocco. Jethro's mother, who's been calling every day asking what she can do."Jethro's mother. I hadn't let myself think too much about her, about the particular horror of a woman who'd already survived so much cruelty now facing the possible loss of the son she'd fought so hard to raise safely."Is she coming?" I asked."She wants to. Along with Allison. I told them to

  • Caged By His Love   The Explosion

    MELANIE'S POVI heard it before I understood what it was — a deep, concussive roar that shook the command vehicle, followed by a wave of heat and light visible even through the small windows, turning the evening sky orange for one terrible, endless moment."Jethro!" I was out of my seat before anyone could stop me, reaching for the door."Mrs. Blackstone, you need to stay—""Let me out!" I shoved past the security agent assigned to keep me in the vehicle, stumbling out into the chaos beyond. The barn was gone, replaced by a column of fire and smoke climbing into the darkening sky, debris still raining down across the surrounding field. Men were running, shouting, Brandon's voice cutting through the chaos on every radio at once."Status! I need status on everyone, now!"I ran toward the wreckage, ignoring every shout telling me to stay back, my eyes scanning desperately through the smoke and flame for any sign of him."Jethro!" His name tore out of me, raw and broken. "Jethro!"Figures

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