ログイン“I’ve always been three steps ahead of both of you idiots,” Laura spat. The words hung in the stale air of the warehouse, vibrating with a confidence that made my skin crawl. Was it a bluff? A dying gasp of arrogance? Or was it the simple, cold truth? I looked at the jagged scar running down my arm—a permanent souvenir of the day she had nearly succeeded in ending my life.Beside her, the scarred man, stepped forward. He leaned in, pressing a lingering, possessive kiss to her temple. “My girl’s smart like that,” he rumbled, his voice like gravel grinding together.Alexander’s reaction was visceral. I could hear the audible creak of his leather gloves as his hands curled into white-knuckled fists. “Who is he?” Alexander’s voice was a low, dangerous vibration in his chest.Laura tilted her head, her disheveled hair falling over her bruised face. She was a ruin of a woman, but her eyes burned with a terrifying, manic triumph. “Meet Marcus. My real partner. The one who actually knows how
DANIELA’S POVAlexander still had his hand locked around Laura’s throat when the door exploded inward.Wood cracked. Hinges screamed.Boots struck the concrete in heavy rhythm, each step deliberate, each step owned.Four men poured into the room, broad and solid, their faces shadowed beneath dark caps. Guns rose with them, steady, practiced. The faint shine of metal caught the harsh light above us, and the air shifted, thick with oil and sweat and something colder beneath it.Alexander moved fast. His gun came up in the same breath.Too slow.A kick snapped against his wrist. The weapon flew from his grip, skidding across the floor before vanishing beneath a cabinet.My fingers tightened around the needles in my palm.Useless.Not yet.“Everybody freeze.”The voice cut through the room, low and controlled. It did not need to be loud to command attention.My gaze followed it to the man standing slightly ahead of the others. His eyes moved once across the room, taking everything in. Me.
DANIELA’S POV The shock on Alexander’s face hit me first. His forehead tightened, his mouth fell open, and his eyes bulged as if he truly believed a ghost had walked into the room. His fingers loosened around the gun just slightly, enough to show the tremor he was fighting to hide.And yet… I felt nothing.There was no thrill, no long-dreamed satisfaction. I always thought that if this moment ever came, him seeing me, recognizing me, realizing the truth he buried, I would smile, maybe even feel some twisted sense of victory. But as he stared at me as if his world had snapped open, there was nothing inside me. No happiness. No satisfaction.It felt… empty. As if part of me had always known he would discover me again. As if a small and pathetic piece of me thought he would find me on his own.What a fool.I forced that thought out of my head, snapping myself back to the room, to the woman tied to the chair behind us and to the silver needles warming in my hand.“What is so surprising,
DANIELA’S POV I knew it was a stupid move to follow Alexander, but my curiosity always betrayed me. It always pushed past logic, past common sense, past everything I knew better than to do. I should have known that he wasn’t a fool. That he would smell me, hear me, sense me. Alexander was many things, but stupid wasn’t one of them. Of course he would know I was behind him. But I still did it. I still followed.Maybe deep down, a hidden part of me wished he wasn’t who I knew he was. Maybe I hoped, just a little that Alexander would surprise me. That he would be better than the monster I had come to understand. But hope is foolish, and I was the biggest fool. Alexander would never change. Not for me, not for anyone.Why did I still bother? Why did he still affect me enough to make me walk behind him like a ghost from his past? He was the enemy. The man who broke me into pieces and walked away like nothing happened. The one who reduced me until there was barely anything left to like, le
ALEXANDER’S POV"Enough of these lies!" I blurted out, anger riding my voice like fire, but Gift didn’t even flinch.Not even a blink."Tell me where you took my Luna to." I continued sharply before she could open her mouth. My eyes were glaring daggers at her as I stepped back, trying to control the storm raging inside me."Sir, it’s..."I waved my hand at Lucas, cutting him off without sparing him a glance.Because the truth was… something about Gift messed with my mind in ways I hated to admit.I felt something for her, something I couldn’t name, couldn’t understand, and definitely couldn’t allow.I had even helped her friend get the medical treatment she needed only because I couldn’t stand seeing her devastated. Couldn’t stand the brokenness in her eyes.Couldn’t stand what Alphonce told me earlier.Yes, Alphonce was the one who told me what happened to Vivian.He had swallowed his pride, put aside his ego, and called me for help.And that was the moment the truth hit me like a p
ALEXANDER’S POV The cold night air bit at my skin as I stared at Gift in her car. Her eyes were sharp, irritated, burning with a challenge she didn’t dare voice. I should have shouted at her for following me, should have dragged answers out of her, but all I could see was the way her chest rose and fell, the tremor in her fingers, the stubborn lift of her chin. Daniela. The name kept slipping through my thoughts like a ghost refusing to die. still, she never agreed that she was her. Though the woman before me was nothing like Gift apart from her face and the way she carried herself. Daniela was timid and scared. She couldn’t fight back or stand for herself let alone have the courage to follow me. The woman who came to my pack as a top notch designer, was completely different from Daniela. confident, intelligent, smart and guarded and knew exactly what she wanted. She was very different from Daniela. “Why are you following me?” I asked, keeping my voice steady even as my
DANIELA’S POV“Who?” I demanded, forcing my voice steady even though my pulse hammered in my chest.“Me!”That voice sweet, playful and familiar, snapped me out of the fog Alexander always seemed to cast over me. My heart, which had been thrashing in chaos, thumped painfully against my ribs. Thank
DANIELA’S POV“Who’s there?” My voice echoed through the hallway, calm yet edged with steel. That eerie prickling on my skin told me I wasn’t alone. Someone was here. Watching.But it wasn’t the feeling of eyes on me that made my pulse spike, it was the sharp sound of glass shattering in the kitche
ALPHONCE’S POVGloria kept talking, her voice a dull echo in the background. But I wasn’t listening anymore.My mind was lost, dragged somewhere else, to my mate, Clara.I remembered the one time I’d asked about her parents. I had told her we should visit them together.She had smiled faintly, eyes
ALPHONCE’S POV“Why would you do that?” My voice cracked, fury trembling beneath my skin. “And the way Father loved you…”I just couldn’t understand this woman. My father adored her, trusted her, and yet she went ahead and killed him too.“B–because I… I was greedy,” Gloria stammered, her voice qui







