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REBEL : THE DEADLY HIERESS CHAPTER 16: NORMAL DATE
REBELThe coffee shop is alive with its usual rhythm-steady murmurs of conversation, the hiss of steamed milk, and the comforting scent of coffee mingling with pastries. Daniel sits across from me, completely at ease, his ever-present grin crinkling the corners of his eyes. He's pitching something absurd: a vacation."You're smiling," he says, leaning forward like he's got me figured out. "So, does that mean you're picturing us lounging on some beach without a single assassin in sight?"I smirk, shaking my head. "I'm smiling because the thought of me 'relaxing' while people are actively trying to kill us is hilarious. Don't get used to it."He laughs, that low, easy chuckle that always seems to bubble up no matter the situation. "You're stealing my thing, Rebel. Laughing in the face of danger is kind of my brand.""Maybe I'll give it back when I'm done borrowing it."His laughter fades, replaced by something softer, more serious. He leans in, his voice quieter now. "You don't have to
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-03-21REBEL : THE DEADLY HIERESS CHAPTER 17: THE HUNT
REBELThe sand is hot under my feet, but the heat encircling my chest has nothing to do with the sun.A proposal? Now?I keep walking, my heart thudding in my ears, drowning out the waves. I have no idea if I'm angry or tired. Maybe both. Maybe neither. I just know I need space.Behind me, Daniel sighs. Then footsteps. He's following me, of course he is."Rebel," he says.I don't stop. I don't know if I can."Rebel, stop."Part of him makes me hesitate. It's not a command. Not pleading. Unshakeable.I face him, my arms crossed over my chest. He's standing there, still gripping the bloody ring, face impassive."You simply turned around and left," he says, tilting his head like he's trying to figure me out."Yeah, I did," I snap out.His jaw clenches, but his gaze doesn't shift. "Fine. Why?"I catch my breath, fists tightening. "Because, Daniel, we were just fired at. We just had to fight for our lives at a bloody coffee shop, and now you-" I gesture toward the ring. "Now you want to pl
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-03-21REBEL : THE DEADLY HIERESS CHAPTER 18: THE HUNT 2
KLAUSThat's why I hate working with lovers.They think with their hearts, not their heads. They make stupid, rash decisions. And the worst part? They don't listen to you.Rebel's already grabbing for her gun, strapping on firepower like she's going to stroll right into the jaws of the enemy, and Daniel-he's looking at her with that same idiot expression. The one that says he'd go to hell and back for her without hesitation.Fools."You're not seriously thinking of going alone," I say, my tone flat.Rebel doesn't even look at me. "Not thinking. I am going alone."I release a harsh breath, dragging a hand down my face. "Do you have a death wish, or are you trying to get on my bad side?""It's not all about you, Klaus," she snaps, slamming a clip into her gun. "Robert is my problem. They want me. That means if I don't go, they'll kill him."I cross my arms. "You're also assuming they'll let him live if you do go."That makes her hesitate. Only for a second. Only long enough for me to pu
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-03-21REBEL : THE DEADLY HIERESS CHAPTER 19: BETRAYAL
REBELHis breathing is labored. "You shouldn't have come."A chill runs down my spine.I don't have time to answer.The overhead lights come on abruptly, blinding me for a moment. Then-The cock of firearms.A dozen armed men step out of the blackness.It's a trap.I shove Robert aside, gun held in my hand before the first man can do anything. I shoot twice-one drops immediately, one stumbles away-but I'm already outnumbered.A crack of agony sends me to my knees.I twist, elbowing the man who hit me, but another grabs my arm, twisting it behind my back. Pain flares through my shoulder.I snarl, fighting against the hold, but it's useless.A familiar voice cuts through the chaos."Enough."The room goes still.I lift my head.And there, stepping forward with a casual ease, hands in his pockets like he owns the damn place-Robert.Untied.Unhurt.Standing.My stomach drops.He leans forward, regarding me with something close to regret. "You should have stayed where you were, Rebel."Th
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-03-21REBEL : THE DEADLY HIERESS CHAPTER 20: AFTERMATH
MICHAELThe burden of the conversation I had last with her rested on my shoulders as I stepped into the dimly lit hallway, leaving Rebel and Daniel to deal with the turmoil I had unleashed. I had not meant to cause discord, but truth could slice deeper than any blade.Rebel would demand explanations. And Daniel... well, he would have no choice but to give them.As I walked, my mind turned again to the look in her eyes-pain, uncertainty, and something far more evil. Determination.She would not relinquish to this fight.She would follow Daniel, come what may. She's fallen in love. Her care now rests also on him. He's good but I'm not sure he's good enough.And that is what I had to prepare her for.I stepped into the security wing of the compound, an area that had been reinforced as if for war, not negotiations. The guards barely greeted me as I moved into the command center, where video streams streamed on several monitors.Isaac, my second-in-command, looked up from his station. "How
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-03-21REBEL : THE DEADLY HIERESS CHAPTER 21: REVELATION
REBEL The moon threw a chill silver glint over the tops of trees as I picked my way silently through the heavy forest, the wet ground cushioning my tread. Every tension in my muscles was drawn to a taut thread of intent, every respiration measured. I had snuck out unbeknownst, moving around the security of the compound like a woman with a lifetime experience of evading those who had thought they could keep her pinned. I didn't need anyone. Not Daniel. Not my father—or handler, as he preferred to refer to himself. This was my problem to solve. Robert had betrayed me. Robert had abandoned me, knowing exactly what it would cost. He knew me well enough to expect that I'd go looking for him. But what he failed to realize—what no one ever quite did—was that I wouldn't hesitate when I found him. I would end it all here once and for all. I tailed him for hours, following a digital trail of breadcrumbs he had so casually left behind. It was too simple, but I was not about to let an oppo
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-03-21REBEL : THE DEADLY HIERESS CHAPTER 22: HER BIRTH PARENTS
DANIELI found her.The moment I stepped into the grand estate, my gaze locked onto Rebel. She sat stiffly on an ornate velvet chair, her expression unreadable. The opulence of the place was suffocating—high ceilings, crystal chandeliers, and furniture that screamed old money. But none of it mattered.What mattered was the way she looked at me.Relief flickered in her eyes, but it was buried beneath something heavier—confusion, doubt. The kind of uncertainty that twisted my stomach into knots.Seated beside her were two people I recognized from my research: Jacque Rhodes, billionaire mogul with power in all the wrong places and more, and Princess Carly Rhodes, royalty with an air of untouchable grace. Rebel’s birth parents.Carly turned her sharp gaze on me, assessing, already deciding I wasn’t good enough. Jacque, on the other hand, looked more amused than anything, like he was waiting to see how I’d react.I knew their type. People who thought they owned the world. People who though
Terakhir Diperbarui : 2025-03-21REBEL : THE DEADLY HIERESS CHAPTER 23: BRINGING HER HOME
JACQUE RHODES I used to think that there were only so many moments in life that would move a man to his very foundations. The birth of a child. The death of someone he loved. The realization that he wasn't as in control as he had once thought.Finding out my daughter had been alive all these years? A moment that splintered everything.Carly had cried when we met her. She hadn't cried that way in years-not when we buried the child we believed was gone, not when the years went by with no answers. But there she was, real and alive, standing before us with piercing eyes and a suspicious look that said of struggles we had never stood beside her to fight.And then, just as abruptly as she came-she left.I held the edges of my desk so tightly my knuckles whitened. The glass of whiskey before me went untasted. The storm outside the house matched the one raging inside me.She left with him.That man. Daniel.A stranger. But within that one look, I hated him. Not for believing him unworthy. Bu
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REBEL : THE DEADLY HIERESS CHAPTER 59: ENEMY OF MY ENEMY
MIA The air was thick with tension the moment Louisa walked into the safehouse. Her hood was up, face shadowed by the dim flickering bulb overhead. I didn’t flinch. I’d been expecting her. "Took you long enough," I said, lounging on the worn sofa, a glass of whiskey in hand. She didn’t respond at first. She just stood there, assessing me with those sharp eyes of hers. Drug addict or not, there was something sharp and unyielding about Louisa when she was angry. And today, she was molten fury packed into a deceptively frail frame. "I know what Robert’s been hiding," she said. I raised an eyebrow. "Do tell." "He loves her. Rebel. He’s not doing this job anymore. He’s in too deep." I sipped my drink, savoring the confirmation. "And that bothers you because...?" She stepped forward, slowly pulling down her hood. Her eyes burned with resentment. "Because he saved me. Nursed me. Told me I mattered. But he’s always been looking past me... for her." Now this was interesting.
REBEL : THE DEADLY HIERESS CHAPTER 58: CONFRONTATION 2
ROBERT The silence was thicker than any gun I'd ever encountered. She'd looked at me as if I were the villain in her worst nightmare, not the man who'd saved her from hell eight years ago. Louisa—broken, bitter, hurt Louisa—was facing me like a shattered mirror, every piece reflecting the worst of me I never wanted to see. And I let her find it. I should've locked the door. I should've burned the files. I should've lied better. But I didn't. And now there was no space between us but truth. I caught the look in her eyes—red, wet, angry—inventorying mine for answers that I couldn't supply. My name hung on her lips like an oath, and I didn't take a step back when she spat it out. "Robert." One word, and I was coming apart. The name was an ick on her lips. "Why her?" Her voice shook. "Why Rebel?" I swallowed. There was no use lying. "I didn't mean to feel anything," I told her, softly. "She was a target. You were also a target." She laughed, a cold, bitter sound. "B
REBEL : THE DEADLY HIERESS CHAPTER 57: CONFRONTATION
LOUISA I wasn't sneaking. Or at least I was constantly reminding myself as I crept barefoot down Robert's penthouse east wing. He was gone on assignment, or whatever he had called it going out the door for hours wearing a snug black jacket with a gun tucked into the back of it and silence for a pal. I'd spent the entire evening staring at my reflection, wondering if I still looked like a junkie anymore, if eight years of existence had changed me in any way. I'd wandered into the corridor he'd warned me to avoid. The curiosity bothered me, louder than sense, hungrier than conscience. The red light over the locked door at the end of the hall always, tonight, was green. Maybe he had forgotten to switch it. Maybe I was supposed to find it. Maybe I wanted to be found. I entered the code. It beeped open. What I found inside was not what I expected. A small room. Not luxurious. Concrete walls, a large desk, some locked cabinets, and one chair. A wall of files, names and faces pinned l
REBEL : THE DEADLY HIERESS CHAPTER 56: ASTRAY
MIA I knew entering that office I was in for a roasting. The whole hallway felt chillier than usual, as if the AC had been cranked to maximum through my body, or maybe that was just the cold bite of my own shame. My heels clicking on the shiny marble floor were like the tick of a countdown clock. His door was already open. Never a good sign. Boss only did that if he was too angry to be polite. "Get in. Now." I went in, shutting the door quietly behind me. He did not even look at me. Just filled his glass, swallowed it, then turned, his eyes burning with fire. The kind that torched bridges and people. "You had one job, Mia." I did not flinch. "I didn't order the hit." "Don't play smart. You organized it. You authorized the team. And now Daniel knows that we're after her. Do you have any idea what you've done?" I said nothing. "She was to be an asset. A target. Get someone to seduce her, manipulate her, have the inheritance in our pockets. Instead, you put a price on
REBEL : THE DEADLY HIERESS CHAPTER 55: SNEAK ATTACK
REBELMother has been trying to get me out for something close to a lifetime so here I am with my kids and her on a lunch date with so many guards dressed casually, it's ridiculous really but at least they stayed low key and blended with the crowd. Mother is after all a queen and Daniel despite my objections sent his men also but the kids need to socialise and breathe air it's been long we came out together last.The clinking of silver and soft hum of laughter filled the light dining room. The twins bracketed me, stuffing rice and grilled vegetables into their mouths, their cheeks puffed out like little squirrels. My mother sat opposite us, regal and poised, her plate still untouched a dramatic contrast to the chaos of crumbs surrounding my sons.Carly Rhodes. Crowned Queen of Cyndaria. Heiress. She wears power like a second skin, I am really my mother in this guise. And now, quite decidedly, my mother again. Since we returned, she had slipped into grandmother mode with a speed that w
REBEL : THE DEADLY HIERESS CHAPTER 54: REUNION 2
REBEL As I walked home, the door shut behind me with a click, but the tension still stuck to my body like smoke. Daniel stood a couple of steps back, jaw clenched, shirt torn where a knife had nearly kissed his ribs. His eyes raked the hallway like he didn't think the quiet. I didn't either. "You okay?" he asked finally, voice low but with a hint of worry he was trying too damn hard to hide. "Are you?" I said, shedding my jacket. Blood, not my own, stained the sleeve. "You got hit." "Not deep." "Still hit." He didn't answer that. Michael and Mex sprinted past us through the foyer, their steps light but alert. Michael caught my eye and I nodded. He didn't grin, but his shoulders relaxed. Barely. The house remained still—too still. "Security system's been reset," Daniel growled, glancing at his phone. "Cameras caught a blur, but they scrambled the feed. Pros. Klaus is locking down the house." Of course they were. This wasn't a warning. This was a message. "We need
REBEL : THE DEADLY HIERESS CHAPTER 53: REUNION
DANIEL It's been a whole week of staying hidden, communicating with the kids via chats; Rebel is still mad at me but that doesn't even matter anymore. I tried letting go but couldn't and now I have no intention of ever letting go anymore. It's time to end the silent treatment. I take off my clothes and make my way to the bathroom as I hear the water running, her back stiffens the moment I step in but I move in without the slightest hesitation all the same. I get into the tub behind her stark naked then I gather her beautiful hair curls and put them sideways before kissing her temple. "I know you're still mad, I am sorry, I will spend the rest of my life making up for everything but we must be on the same page now, there are too many lives at stake if we don't get it together". She scoffs "Doesn't mean I have to forgive you nor do I have to let you touch me at all". I laugh softly "True but we both know I'd do all those things all the same". I spin her around and make her f
REBEL : THE DEADLY HIERESS CHAPTER 52: THREAT
KENNEDY WILLIAMS The cigar smoke still lingered in the air hours after I'd had to stub the thing out. I sat behind the desk, fingers together, waiting. The door opened. Three of them entered, none of them willing to look me in the eye. That was answer enough before a word was spoken. "So," I said, voice as slick as the leather chair I rested in, "I gave you one simple assignment. One target. One bullet. And still, Daniel is alive." The kind of silence that tested a man's endurance. I reclined, the chair creaking gently under the shift of my weight. "You had him in your sights." My tone dropped lower, softer — so much more deadly if I had shouted. "And you missed." "We missed not," one of the more aggressive of them snarled, his eyes flicking aside to avoid a glinting thread on a broken window. "He was tipped. Someone warned him." I smiled again, though no warmth accompanied the curve of my lips. Teeth only. "You've had years to master that lesson: Daniel is intelligent but
REBEL : THE DEADLY HIERESS CHAPTER 51: THE CON
MIA Please.....please, don't kill me, I'd do better ma'am, the next shot will be accurate, there'd be no traces Shadow, give me one last chance. Fool. I take an indifferent look over the tied, shivery fool my men brought back. "Tsk....you have sentenced yourself to death the moment you called me Shadow. To the world I am just Mia, dumb, blonde Bimbo and that's how it will remain so you cannot walk out of here alive, you're a loose end." I take a knife and slash his throat ignoring his struggle as blood spills everywhere. I move to the bathroom of the ensuite we're presently at then wash my hands thoroughly. I take a phone call " It's done Don. They don't know who I am, not Robert, not Daniel, not Jacque or even Rebel that you fear so much. The man who can identify me has been killed hence you can relax, there is no threat". I cut the call They all consider me useless, incapable, just a sex toy yet I am one of the most fearful assassins alive. I took down Michael and until t
