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Chapter 80

Author: Miss Catty Lu
last update publish date: 2026-07-17 00:45:42

Wren

The heavy silence of the private elevator ride back down to the penthouse was deafening.

Dani’s hand remained firmly anchored on my hip, his grip a warm, solid reminder of the promise he had just made. He had drawn a line in the sand against Chloe, against his family’s elite circle, and against anyone else who dared to treat my safety like a minor inconvenience.

But as the elevator doors slid open to reveal the penthouse, the bubble of our brief escape popped.

Ross and Ryan were clustered
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    Wren"Out. Everyone out," Ross’s voice barked through the warehouse, cold as shattered ice.The paramedics didn't need to be told twice. They were already scrambling backward, their eyes wide with a mixture of terror and utter bewilderment as they packed up their unused defibrillator pads. A man who had just flatlined was now standing up, his chest completely unmarred except for a smear of drying, dark blood where a fatal wound had been seconds ago."Detective, we need to log this—" the lead medic started, his voice shaking."You logged a faulty monitor grid and a superficial flesh wound that looked worse due to the dark," Ross interrupted, stepping directly into the medic's space. His posture was imposing, his badge glinting under the harsh halogens. "You will sign the standard tactical non-disclosure agreements at the precinct, or I will personally ensure your medical licenses are reviewed for gross incompetence in the field. Am I clear?"They nodded frantically, grabbing their gear

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    WrenThe world dissolved into a chaotic blur of flashing red and blue lights as paramedics flooded the warehouse. Strong hands gripped my shoulders, forcefully pulling me away from Dani’s unmoving body. I fought them, screaming, kicking, my fingernails digging into the turnout gear of a medic who was only trying to do his job."Let me go! Dani! Please!" My voice was a shredded, unrecognizable rasp."Ma'am, you need to step back and let us work!" a paramedic yelled, pinning me back as two others dropped a trauma jump-kit beside Dani.They tore off the rest of his blood-soaked shirt. I watched, paralyzed by terror, as a female medic pressed a manual resuscitator bag over his mouth, while the other began heavy, rhythmic chest compressions. The sickening sound of his ribs flexing under the pressure made me vomit onto the gravel.Ross stood a few feet away, entirely frozen. He wasn’t looking at the medics. He was staring at the gaping wound in his brother’s chest. The blood pooling on the

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    WrenThe silence that followed the dial tone was suffocating. My hands were shaking so violently I dropped the phone onto the marble island, the glass screen clattering against the stone. Theo’s terrified, breathless voice echoed in my ears, repeating like a death sentence.“Wren? Wren, don’t come! Please, they—”"We have fifty-two minutes," Ross said, his voice instantly dropping into a terrifyingly cold, clinical register. The frantic detective was gone; in his place stood a tactical operator. He snatched his phone, typing furiously. "Ryan, I need the blueprints for the north pier shipyard. Now. Every entrance, every blind spot, every structural vulnerability.""On it," Ryan whispered, his fingers flying across his keyboard as code and satellite imagery began cascading down his screens.Dani hadn’t moved. He stood completely still, staring at the blank phone screen, his breathing shallow. The sheer wave of lethal fury radiating off him was palpable. When he finally looked up at Ross

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