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The Raid

Author: Ms. Chiamaka
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Savannah

I laid on my back, staring at the ceiling in the dark. The house was quiet, but my head was anything but. Gloria’s voice replayed over and over, like a cruel echo I couldn’t silence. “Someone you love dies.”

I wanted to believe she was bluffing, that this was just another one of those scare tactics people used. But then I saw Luke’s face in my mind again, bound, guarded, helpless. That wasn’t a bluff. That was real. And no matter how much I wanted to tell myself that this wasn’t my fault, deep down I couldn’t shake the guilt. Luke had told me it was his choice, that he knew the risks. But still… it felt like I had put him there.

The thought of accepting Gloria’s deal made my stomach twist. Oversee Tyrant’s zone? Become part of the same machine I’d sworn to expose? The very idea felt like betraying not just myself but everything I stood for. Yet every time I thought about refusing, the image of Luke being dragged away or worse snapped me back. No matter how ugly the choice was
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  • Hired My Ex's Sister as Wife   The Raid

    SavannahI laid on my back, staring at the ceiling in the dark. The house was quiet, but my head was anything but. Gloria’s voice replayed over and over, like a cruel echo I couldn’t silence. “Someone you love dies.”I wanted to believe she was bluffing, that this was just another one of those scare tactics people used. But then I saw Luke’s face in my mind again, bound, guarded, helpless. That wasn’t a bluff. That was real. And no matter how much I wanted to tell myself that this wasn’t my fault, deep down I couldn’t shake the guilt. Luke had told me it was his choice, that he knew the risks. But still… it felt like I had put him there.The thought of accepting Gloria’s deal made my stomach twist. Oversee Tyrant’s zone? Become part of the same machine I’d sworn to expose? The very idea felt like betraying not just myself but everything I stood for. Yet every time I thought about refusing, the image of Luke being dragged away or worse snapped me back. No matter how ugly the choice was

  • Hired My Ex's Sister as Wife   The Boss

    SavannahThe SUV hummed along the road as we headed to where I could only imagine was their boss’ base. I pressed my back against the leather and kept my hands folded in my lap because the urge to claw at the door was stupid and useless and, besides, someone would notice.They blindfolded me when we got out. I heard boots, a door, the slick scrape of a hand across my shoulder. My heart raced like I’d been running, and I tried to breathe steadily, counting the seconds until then, the blindfold came off as softly as a curtain.I realized then that I was standing in a room. It was quieter than I expected. Not empty, but stripped of noise like a photograph. She was already there. The woman from the phone. She was lean, small in a way that made her look faster than she was, and sat at the table like she’d been waiting for me my whole life. Her hair was pulled back tight, her clothes plain but perfect. Everything about her was measured.“Savannah Ford,” she said, and gestured towards the ch

  • Hired My Ex's Sister as Wife   The Trap

    SavannahThe first shot rang out before I even realized what was happening. One second, Luke had Pete backed into a corner, ready to squeeze the truth out of him. Next, the warehouse was exploding with gunfire. Some bullets tore through crates, and the sparks flashed off the metal beams, the air filled with shouting and boots pounding against concrete.“This was a setup,” I whispered, my voice lost in the chaos.Luke reacted faster than my brain could keep up. His gun was already in his hands, his body low, moving like the walls were second nature to him. He fired back in quick bursts, aiming to push the attackers back. The noise was deafening. My ears rang, and my chest thumped like I’d been hit, even though I hadn’t been touched.I dropped behind a crate and clutched my knees, trying to breathe. Pete screamed from somewhere behind me, high and panicked, like a cornered animal.“Stay down!” Luke barked. His voice cracked through the madness like an anchor.And so I hid against the cr

  • Hired My Ex's Sister as Wife   The Deal

    SavannahLater that night, I pulled my jacket tighter around me and booked a cab to the location Luke gave me. As I stepped out of the car, my eyes scanned the shadows that stretched along the West Dock.Luke was already waiting near the fence, leaning against a post with his hood pulled low. When he saw me, he pushed off it and came closer, his steps silent, and his expression unreadable.“You’re late,” he said, though his tone wasn’t sharp.“Traffic,” I lied. The truth was, I’d spent ten minutes sitting in my driveway debating whether I should come at all.Luke glanced around the lot, then back at me, and asked. “You ready for this?”I swallowed hard. “Ready or not, I’m here.”He gave a short nod. “Good enough. Pete should be inside. Word is, he’s been lying low here. Voss’s men are thinning out for the night, but we don’t have forever.” He said, and so we slipped through a gap in the fence and made our way along the side of the warehouse. Every step crunched against gravel, loud in

  • Hired My Ex's Sister as Wife   The Offer — Continued

    SavannahI sat there with the phone on the counter, my heartbeat loud enough to fill the room. For the first time in weeks, I actually wanted someone to walk through the door and tell me this was all a bad joke. That I could go back to being a normal college student and not the girl a dozen dangerous people wanted to recruit or crush.The more I thought about that woman’s words, the worse it felt. “We want you to oversee Tyrant’s zone.” They didn’t even bother with subtlety. It wasn’t an offer dressed up as a threat. It was both at once. A polite hand wrapped around a chokehold.I paced, and every step replayed the same scenarios in my head. If I said yes, what did that even mean? Wearing some kind of badge that made the dealers keep the peace? Sitting in a posh office while men I’d never met decided who lived and who didn’t? My father’s name on a letterhead and mine dragged through the mud? The thought of Ethan Ford’s face if he ever found out made bile rise in my throat. He’d never

  • Hired My Ex's Sister as Wife   The Offer

    Savannah“Hello?” My voice sounded again, though my chest was tight.But this time, there was nothing for a second, just a faint static and then a woman’s voice slid through the line, smooth and sharp at the same time. “You already know who I am Savannah.” She rasped.My brow furrowed. “Do I?”She chuckled lightly, like she was enjoying herself and then heaved a sigh. “I’ll do you the favor of reintroducing myself then.”She paused for a moment, then continued. We had a balance in this city. Different networks, different zones. Each of us ran our piece, and kept things together. Tyrant had his wing. The others had theirs. It wasn’t pretty, but it worked. Then you came along, and thanks to you exposing him, that balance is gone. Now his zone is wide open.”My grip on the phone tightened. “What does that have to do with me?”She paused and I could almost hear her lips stretching into a thin, slow and deliberate smirk. “I thought I’d made it clear already. We want you, Savannah, to overs

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