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Chapter 21 – Fractures and Flames
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Her mother's lover Chapter 21 – Fractures and Flames
Scarlett’s POVThe file with my father’s name on it sat on the desk like a wound that refused to close. Every time I looked at it, the words blurred, but the truth didn’t change. He had been part of Kade’s empire. He wasn’t just collateral damage, not just an innocent man who got caught in the crossfire.He had chosen.And that knowledge was a blade twisting in my chest.Damien paced the length of the safehouse living room, his jaw tight, his eyes like storm clouds. He hadn’t stopped moving since we got back. Every time his gaze flicked to me, it was a war between anger, fear, and something deeper, something I didn’t dare name.“You’re shaking,” he said finally, stopping in front of me. His voice was softer than I expected, but it carried an edge.I looked down at my hands. He was right. They trembled around the file I still clutched. I should’ve put it away, but I couldn’t. “I can’t stop thinking about it,” I whispered. “He wasn’t who I thought he was. My entire life everything was a
Her mother's lover Chapter 20 – “A Dangerous Bargain”
Scarlett’s POVSleep refused to come. The safehouse was silent, but my mind was in chaos. Kade's smirk still burned into my memory, Damien’s protective gaze seared into my skin. And between the two of them, I was unraveling.I sat at the edge of the bed, the journal open in my lap. My father’s handwriting curved across the pages like a map I couldn’t stop tracing. Every note, every coordinate, was another piece of the puzzle. But it wasn’t just the answers I wanted anymore.It was control.I was tired of waiting for Kade to strike. Tired of reacting. If I wanted this to end, I had to end it myself.I closed the journal, took a steadying breath, and whispered to the shadows, “It’s my turn.”Damien caught me the next morning, already dressed, checking his gun. His eyes narrowed when he saw me. “You didn’t sleep.”I shrugged, pretending to be casual. “Neither did you.”His jaw flexed. “Because I was watching. Making sure Kade didn’t come for you.”I should’ve felt comforted, but instead,
Her mother's lover Chapter 19 – Crossing the Line
SCARLETT The night wrapped around the safehouse like a velvet shroud, but I couldn’t feel its comfort. My heart still raced from the docks, from Kade’s words echoing in my ears. You can’t run forever. He wasn’t wrong. He had resources, eyes everywhere, and a determination I’d never seen matched.But I wasn’t just scared anymore. I was hungry. Hungry to take control, to reclaim what was mine. My father’s legacy, the journal, the USB… and, yes, Damien, my mother's lover.I caught his gaze across the room. He was leaning against the wall, arms crossed, muscles tense even in the dim light. The way the shadows played across his chest made my stomach flutter. I knew it was wrong and dangerous. But I couldn’t stop looking.“Scarlett,” he said, voice low, pulling me out of my thoughts. “We need a plan.”I nodded, swallowing hard. My pulse betrayed me, quickening at the sound of his voice. “I know. First, we need to figure out Kade’s next move. Then… we take it to him.”Damien’s eyes softened
Her mother's lover Chapter 18 – “The Silent Threat”
Scarlett’s POVThe air in the safehouse was thick with the smell of disinfectant and fear. I sat on the edge of a steel cot, the USB clutched so tightly my knuckles were white. My father’s journal lay open on the table, pages marked with dates and coordinates, but my eyes kept drifting to Damien.He was standing near the window, one arm resting against the frame, jaw tight, eyes scanning the street below. I couldn’t stop looking at him either not the way I should, not the way anyone else would, but I couldn’t help it. His presence pulled me in, like a current I couldn’t fight. And after what happened with Kade, that pull felt both comforting and dangerous.I swallowed hard. “We can’t stay here forever.”Damien didn’t respond immediately. He just turned, gaze locking on mine. “We stay until we know where he is. Until we know he won’t touch anyone else.”I nodded, but the tension in my chest didn’t ease. Kade had the USB now, he had the information, and I knew he would use it. I couldn’
Her mother's lover Chapter 17– The missing piece
Scarlett’s POV The fluorescent lights buzzed overhead like a swarm of angry bees. I sat in a steel chair, the walls of the federal safehouse pressing in on all sides. The hum of computers and murmurs of agents created a constant background, but it felt hollow somehow. Empty. Because one thing was missing. The USB. I kept turning it over in my mind. The last time I held it, it had been tucked safely into my jacket. Then, in a blur of adrenaline and fear, it disappeared. Gone. And with it, the key to Dad’s secrets the evidence that could bring down Kade, or at least track him. Damien crouched beside me, elbows on his knees, jaw tight. “We’ll get it back.” His voice had the force of certainty I desperately wanted to believe. I swallowed hard. “How? He’s already inside. Someone else could be working for him… inside this building.” Damien’s eyes darkened. “Then we need to assume that. Every agent, every system, everyone he’s watching for a mistake. And he’ll take advantage of it.”
Her mother's lover Chapter 16: The Edge of the Net
SCARLETT The city was still asleep when Damien shook my shoulder. “Time to move.”I blinked into the dim blue of pre-dawn, heart leaping before memory caught up. The photo. The text. The voice through the intercom.Mom was already at the door, coat zipped, eyes hollow from a night without rest.“Reilly’s car is in the alley,” Damien whispered. “We go now, no lights.”The stairwell smelled of damp concrete and old paint. Every creak of the steps made me flinch. Outside, fog blurred the streetlamps into halos. A black sedan idled at the curb, its engine purring like something alive.Detective Reilly leaned across the front seat and popped the rear door. “Move fast.”The city slid by in streaks of gray and sodium yellow. We didn’t speak. I watched the side mirrors instead, searching for a tail, my father’s journal pressed against my chest like a second heartbeat.Reilly’s “safehouse” turned out to be an old records room on the second floor of an unused precinct. Dust filmed the windows.
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