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SCORNED EX WIFE : Queen Of Ashes Chapter 173
Chapter 173The courthouse steps swarmed with reporters, their cameras flashing like lightning bugs on a summer night. Camille gripped Alexander's hand as they navigated the crowd, eyes forward, faces blank masks against the shouted questions."Ms. Kane, how does it feel to face your sister today?""Camille! Will you ask for the death penalty?""Are you worried about Rose's mental state?"Alexander's arm formed a shield around her shoulders, guiding her through the press of bodies. Victoria and her parents followed behind, creating a protective circle.Inside, the marble halls echoed with footsteps and whispers. Journalists scribbled notes. Observers craned their necks for a glimpse of the woman who had survived her sister's murderous plans."You don't have to do this," Alexander murmured, his lips close to her ear. "No one would blame you for skipping the arraignment."Camille shook her head. "I need to see her face. I need her to see mine."The courtroom door loomed ahead, dark wood
SCORNED EX WIFE : Queen Of Ashes Chapter 172
Chapter 172The ICU hallway stretched before Camille, sterile and bright. Her footsteps echoed against the tile floor as she followed the doctor. The smell of antiseptic filled her nose, making her eyes water, or perhaps it was the weight of what waited ahead."Five minutes," the doctor reminded her, pausing outside a door. "He's very weak."Camille nodded, her throat too tight for words. The doctor pushed the door open, revealing a small room filled with machines. Their steady beeping cut through the silence, marking each beat of Stefan's heart. He lay still in the center of it all, nearly lost among tubes and wires. His skin looked gray against the white sheets, but his eyes were open, alert and watching for her."I'll be right outside," the doctor said, and then she was alone with the man who had once been her husband. The man who had betrayed her. The man who had taken a bullet meant for her.Camille approached the bed slowly. Stefan's shoulder was heavily bandaged, the white gau
SCORNED EX WIFE : Queen Of Ashes Chapter 171
Chapter 171The hospital waiting room smelled of bleach and coffee gone cold. Camille sat rigid in an uncomfortable plastic chair, staring at the double doors where they'd rushed Stefan an hour ago. Blood stained her clothes, his blood. She hadn't changed, couldn't bring herself to leave, even when a kind nurse had offered scrubs."He'll pull through," Alexander said, his fingers laced with hers. "Stefan's tough."Camille nodded without speaking. The image of Stefan leaping in front of her, taking the bullet meant for her chest, played on endless loop in her mind. His body jerking backward. The surprised look in his eyes. The spreading red stain on his shirt."Why did he do it?" she whispered. "After everything..."Alexander squeezed her hand. "He wanted to make things right. In the only way he could."Thunder rattled the windows. The storm that had masked their approach to the cabin now battered the hospital, as if nature itself shared their turmoil. Camille shivered, suddenly aware
SCORNED EX WIFE : Queen Of Ashes Chapter 170
Chapter 170The first explosion rocked the cabin, sending dust raining from the tunnel ceiling. Alexander and Stefan pressed forward, fighting against the urge to retreat. Behind them, the passage began to collapse."Move!" Alexander shouted as they burst through the exit into the stormy night.Rain hit their faces like tiny needles. The boathouse stood twenty yards ahead, its weathered blue paint visible in the lightning flashes. Two armed men guarded the entrance, their attention fixed on the main cabin as it began to burn.Alexander signaled to his team, spreading them into position around the clearing. Stefan crouched behind a fallen tree, his heart hammering against his ribs. From inside the boathouse came the sound of raised voices."The boat won't start!" a man yelled."Fix it!" Rose's voice, sharp with panic. "We need to leave now!"Alexander caught Stefan's eye, mouthing the words: _Three. Two. One._The team surged forward. The guards spun, raising their weapons, but Alexand
SCORNED EX WIFE : Queen Of Ashes Chapter 169
Chapter 169Rain pelted the black waters of Cedar Lake as Alexander and Stefan crouched in the underbrush. The angry sky rumbled above them, lightning flashing in the distance. Through night-vision goggles, Alexander scanned the cabin that held Camille.What had once been a rustic family retreat now resembled a fortress. Motion sensors dotted the tree line. Cameras swept the property in careful arcs. Two men with rifles patrolled the perimeter, their movements precise and military."She's turned it into a damn compound," Alexander whispered, his jaw tight with tension.Stefan wiped rain from his face. "Rose never does anything halfway."They'd left the boats hidden behind the split pine tree Margaret had called the "twin tree," the water team of six men now spread through the woods. The road team waited on the other side of the property, ready for Alexander's signal."Talk me through it again," Alexander said, his voice barely audible over the rain. "Every entrance. Every weak point."
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Chapter 168Stefan paced the length of the makeshift command center, running his hands through his hair for the hundredth time. The room buzzed with activity, Alexander's security team, FBI agents, police liaisons, all working frantically to find Camille. Twenty-six hours had passed since her abduction. Twenty-six hours of dead ends and false leads."This isn't working," Stefan muttered, stopping at the map where pins marked locations they'd already searched. "We're missing something. Rose wouldn't just take her anywhere."Alexander looked up from a table covered with files, dark circles under his eyes. "Every property connected to Rose or her aliases has been searched. Twice.""It's not about property records," Stefan said, something nagging at the back of his mind. "It's about meaning. Rose does everything with purpose. She'd want somewhere that... that connects to their past."He closed his eyes, trying to focus. Images flashed through his mind: Camille showing him old family photo
SCORNED EX WIFE : Queen Of Ashes Chapter 167
Chapter 167The basement air hung heavy and cold around Camille as she fought to keep her breathing steady. Her wrists burned against the rope that bound her to the metal chair. Four hours had passed since Rose had taken her from their former location to this place, four hours of her sister's twisted games.Rose circled her now, bare feet silent on the concrete floor. The room was lit only by the harsh blue glow of laptop screens showing footage of the Grand Plaza Hotel bombing on endless loop."Watch it again," Rose whispered, her face inches from Camille's ear. "Watch what I did to your precious foundation. To your guests. To everything you built."On the largest screen, flames erupted through the hotel's glass facade. People screamed, stumbling through smoke. Emergency lights flashed across terrified faces. Camille closed her eyes."No!" Rose grabbed Camille's jaw, forcing her head toward the screen. "You don't get to look away. Not until you understand what it feels like to lose e
SCORNED EX WIFE : Queen Of Ashes Chapter 166
Chapter 166Alexander stared at the map spread across Victoria's dining table, his eyes burning from lack of sleep. Twenty hours since Camille's abduction. Twenty hours of dead ends and false leads. He marked another X on the map, another empty location searched and cleared."Nothing at the warehouse in Queens," he reported, his voice rough with exhaustion. "Just like the other three properties."Across the table, Stefan Rodriguez nodded grimly. The two men had barely spoken directly to each other in the past hours, communicating only through updates and tactical discussions. Their shared history, Stefan as Camille's ex-husband who had chosen Rose over her hung between them like an invisible wall."She's playing with us," Stefan said, studying the pattern of X marks across the map. "Leading us in circles while she keeps Camille somewhere we haven't even considered."Alexander's jaw tightened. The thought of working with Stefan still turned his stomach, but the man knew Rose better tha
SCORNED EX WIFE : Queen Of Ashes Chapter 165
Chapter 165Cold. That was the first thing Camille felt. Cold and a deep, throbbing pain in her head.She tried to move, but her arms wouldn't respond. Slowly, her eyes opened to a dimly lit room with wooden walls. Her vision swam, the effects of whatever drug Rose had given her still lingering in her system.Looking down, Camille saw thick rope binding her to a heavy wooden chair. Each wrist tied separately to the armrests, ankles secured to the chair legs. Whoever had tied these knots knew what they were doing.A wave of fear washed over her, threatening to drown her reason. She forced it down, focusing instead on her surroundings. Wooden walls. A stone fireplace. Large windows showing dense forest outside. And something else, something familiar.Recognition dawned slowly. She knew this place. Or rather, she knew what it had once been.The old Lewis family cabin. Where they had spent summers when they were younger. Where they had once been sisters before everything changed.But this
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