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Chapter 23: Questions Without Answers

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Hailey's POV

I couldn't sit still.

I paced back and forth across the living room, my feet was wearing a path in the expensive carpet, every few seconds I checked my phone for the time, then checked it again like the numbers would somehow change if I looked fast enough.

Evans should have been home hours ago.

The board meeting was supposed to start at eight, it was now past midnight and I hadn't heard a single word from him, I'd called six times, each call going straight to voicemail.

Something w
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    HaileyThe elevator couldn't move fast enough. Every floor we passed felt like a lifetime of wasted seconds. Evans stood beside me, his hand gripping the brass railing so hard his knuckles looked like white stones. He didn't speak, but I could hear the jagged rhythm of his breathing, heavy and panicked. My own heart was a drum beating against my ribs, fueled by the echo of Lena’s voice on the phone.She said my name. Nancy said my name."Stay behind me when the doors open," Evans commanded, his voice tight. "We don't know the state of the room, Hailey.""She called for me, Evans," I said, my voice vibrating with a strength I didn't recognize. "I’m not hiding behind you anymore."The doors slid open with a hiss, and we burst into the facility. The air was cold, smelling of ozone and salt. Lena was hunched over the main console, her hair a wild mess of curls, her eyes wide as she stared at the scrolling green data on the monitors. The room was bathed in a pulsing blue light from the tan

  • Married To My Best Friend; Her Blood, My Passion    Chapter 69: The Ability

    EvansThe air in the kitchen was thick enough to choke on. Hailey stood there, clutching that serpent key like it was a holy relic, her eyes glowing with a fire I had never seen in her before. I watched the way her fingers wrapped around the brass, her knuckles white, and I felt a cold dread sink into my stomach. She wasn't the same girl I had married months ago. The transfusion had changed the chemistry of her soul."Put the key on the table, Hailey," I said, my voice low and steady. "Please. Just put it down and come sit with me. We need to talk about what is happening to you.""I know what is happening," she snapped, her gaze sharp enough to cut. "I am waking up. You spent years keeping me asleep, Evans. You and my father and David. You all liked me better when I didn't know who I was.""That is not true," I said, taking a slow step toward her. I held my hands out, palms open, showing her I wasn't a threat. "I kept you in the dark because the light in that lab was blinding. It kill

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