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CHAPTER 30: ADAPTING
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REBEL : THE DEADLY HIERESS CHAPTER 63: WAR
DANIEL The night had just begun to settle, draping the sky in deep indigo and bleeding hints of silver moonlight through the windows of our estate. Inside, everything was as quiet as a grave. Too still.I stood on the balcony just outside my study, nursing a glass of whisky on ice I hadn't really touched. The amber liquid caught the faint light and swirled like liquid gold, but I couldn’t enjoy it. Not tonight while I feel deeply unsettled. Not with everything unravelling.I had thought bringing Rebel and the kids home would settle something in my chest. That invisible war I fought daily with my past and the people who wanted to rewrite our future. But the moment Louisa stormed out of our house with venom in her voice and blood in her eyes, I knew peace was a fantasy too expensive to afford right now. If the opposition doesn't come from Louisa, it will come from my uncle or any other hidden foe who wanted my wealth or her mother's crown.Rebel had said nothing since Klaus left to tai
REBEL : THE DEADLY HIERESS CHAPTER 62: The Demand
The sun had only begun to set below the horizon, giving the sky a red and purple hue, when I noticed the silhouette at the edge of the courtyard. Louisa. She stood at the gate, arms crossed, in a tightly belted black trench coat over what looked like an expensive power suit, heels dug deep into the gravel as if marking the earth beneath her own feet. Her mouth was a thin line. Eyes collided with mine with the force of a hurricane building on the ocean horizon. I moved in close, feeling the unspoken weight she carried. And the bitter shadow that followed her like perfume. "You came," I breathed, studying her face. There was a sharpness to it now that hadn't been there. Something hard and poisonous. "You said I could come any time," she said, her voice dripping with false sweetness. "Just thought I'd swing by and look at the palace you're ruling right now." I gestured toward the door. "Come in." She walked past me without a word, her eyes skimming over every inch of the fo
REBEL : THE DEADLY HIERESS CHAPTER 61: LAYING ALL ENMITIES TO REST
REBEL I wasn't really in the mood to shop, but the twins needed new clothes, and I needed distraction. Trailing along after Daniel, the attack, and Louisa—my head needed the peace that only shopping therapy in a high-security zone could offer. I was going through a rack of kids' coats when a flash of recognizably platinum blonde caught my eye. I halted. Catya. I hadn't spoken to her since the last coincidental meeting with Klaus. It had already been soured enough before it became news once more. But this was not the time to waste on previous betrayals or tattered allegiances. Beside her, a little girl of five or six clutched a glittery pink unicorn plush toy. Her daughter. I could see Klaus in her eyes, the angle of her chin, the obstinacy in her grip. Catya hadn't noticed me yet. She sat on her phone, engrossed, her eyes darting towards the windows but never really concentrating. I turned back to the jackets, watchful eyes on the girl. Then I saw them. Two guys, in neu
REBEL : THE DEADLY HIERESS CHAPTER 60: COMFORT
DANIEL The quiet at home was oppressive. Not the quiet that leads to peace, but heavy stillness that leads to a storm. The kids were upstairs in their rooms, Rebel in the study re-reading Michael's letter, and I was alone in the living room with a glass of whisky that had long since lost its heat. I couldn't help but think of the attack. We'd barely made it out of that alleyway alive. Rebel had arrived like a ghost—no pause, no terror. Watching her protect our children that way. I don't think I'll ever be able to get that image out of my head. And yet, it also brought to mind that the woman I loved was not a woman you pinned down. She was not a woman you traded as chips or buried in titles. She was fire—soft, reserved, but desperate to burn. And now I was responsible for containing that fire. From the world. From the Organization. From the ghost of her past. And from me. Klaus walked into the room, ending the silence. His shoulders were stiff, jaw clenched. I recognize
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
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