LOGIN**Amelia's POV**I squinted against the sunlight streaming through the window. My body felt heavy when I tried to shift, it felt like something was pulling me down. I turned my head sluggishly. It was Nico, sleeping peacefully beside me.For the past few weeks, he had been the one taking care of everything. He fed me, made sure I didn’t lift a finger, didn’t let me stress myself. He barely slept himself, yet here he was, finally resting. He looked peaceful. I tried to get up but he held me tighter."Nico.." I whispered softly.He blinked, he looked at me for a few seconds like a lost alien. Then he closed his eyes again. And went right back to sleep.“Hmm… Nico, I need to use the restroom,” I muttered. While brushing his hair softly.His eyes fluttered open. He groaned a little, then moved his hand from my waist. Without saying a word, he turned over and drifted back to sleep.Nico’s such a heavy sleeper. But I don’t blame him. He’s been the one taking care of me, while still handlin
**Nico’s POV**I walked into the room she was admitted. My foot steps were steady but slow. Machines buzzed at a steady pace. Tubes. Monitors. Wires.And her.She seemed to be sleeping peacefully.Too peaceful for the storm that had recently shake our world.I pulled up a chair, and sat by her bed, I softly held her hand.“Amelia.” I whispered. “You are not leaving on me.” Do you hear me? You have already saved me once. Please don’t let me learn to live without you.”I kissed her hand and held it to my chest.I killed the man who harmed you. Now I will annihilate the one who planned all of it.”I looked at her face. My eyes heavy with the promise I made next.“And when you wake up, I’ll still be here. Waiting for you.”My seat was placed next to Amelia’s bed.I had not left her side. It’s been three days.Three days of torture.I observed every rise and drop of her chest.Every flutter of her fingers.Every movement beneath her closed eyes gave me hope she was still battling within.
** Nico's POV**"Go. Now boss, I will shield you. Move now!" Matteo yelled. As gunfire ripped through the corridor in the distance. I grasped Amelia closer to my chest, her blood warm and soaking my shirt. Her breaths came in shallow gasps. Her face was as white as sheet. Too pale. "Stay with me," I murmured as I ran down the hallway, ducking garbage and stepping over the corpses we had left behind. "You are not leaving like this. not after all that. Don't sleep, please stay with me. Her fingers slightly moved against my hand. She heard me. That was enough to keep me going. Matteo and Rocco covered fire behind me. In every direction, the alarms had been triggered, red lights flashed. Steel doors started locking, but yet we were ahead of them. "East corridor is clear!" Torres yelled over his comms. "Helipad is two minutes away!" "Hold that bird!" Matteo commanded back. My boots slippery with blood, as we marched through the last corridor. But my arms burned from
**Nico’s POV**Shadows were slicing through the dark as the wind howled across the ridge.The four of us.No heavy equipment.Only blades, silencers, and one direction in mind.The abandoned observatory loomed ahead, barely lit. Its tower broke like a historic ruin. But we were not headed for what was above.The real danger was underground.The steel door rusted but was locked with a contemporary fingerprint scanner, therefore I crouched low at the service exit.Rocco moved forward holding a little gadget.“Thirty seconds,” he murmured.I checked the tree line behind us. There is no movement yet.The lock clicked shut.We were in.The hallway ahead was cold, with cramped cement walls and blinking overhead lights. It was so calm. Too Silent.We marched in single file. Every noise had mattered.Torres led the way, disabling cameras and sensors. Matteo took the rear, scanning for any movement.Then we heard a noise.Laughs from distant voices.Few guards coming from the far corridor. Pro
**Amelia’s POV**The silence in this place wasn’t natural.It was too thick.And too quiet.The kind of quiet that warned you that something dangerous is listening.I sat on the edge of a cold metal bed, staring at the glass door. Hours had passed since Lyra left me. The lights overhead never dimmed. There were no windows, no clocks, nothing to mark time.Just a room that watched.And waited.Then… the door opened.No knock.No sound.Just movement.Two guards stepped in. Behind them, the same man that spoke to me days ago.V.He stepped in.He wasn’t tall like Nico. He wasn’t broad, or brutal in appearance. No. V was refined. Elegant in a sharp grey suit. Pale skin. Charcoal, soulless eyes that flicked over me with clinical interest.“Amelia,” he greeted softly, as if we were meeting at a formal dinner.I didn’t speak.His smile didn’t fade. “It’s a pleasure. That you're still here today.”I stood slowly. My knees shook, but I forced them still.“You’ve been hiding behind shadows,” I
**Nico’s POV**Trust is like a glass.Once it gets cracked, it never holds the same weight again.And right now, I was surrounded by too many people holding hammers.I walked into the middle of the compound yard and ordered Matteo to gather every single man. No one was exempt, drivers, techs, guards, soldiers, even the ones I trusted most.They came quickly, lining up in rows, confusion on their faces.I climbed the steps above them and looked out over my empire. The men I grew with. My voice came sharp, deadly and very cold.“There’s a traitor among us.”Murmurs broke out instantly.I raised my voice. “Someone gave away Amelia’s location. Someone knew we were closing in and ran to V like a dog with its tail between its legs.”Silence fell.I descend the step, and walked in front of them slowly, my gaze fixed on everyone."I don't care who you are, or how many hours you have spent for me." If we don't locate the rat in the next ten minutes... I halted, my voice lowering to a deadly wh







