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Penulis: Ona Hearts
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Naomi’s Pov

By the time we got back to the base, the air felt like it had weight. Heavy. Thick. As if the darkness from the docks followed us inside. Cassian walked ahead of me, tense and silent, shoulders pulled tight like he was holding something in place that kept trying to break loose.

Rubio and Mara were already in the war room when we stepped in. Rubio’s face was flushed, hair damp with sweat. Mara had her hands on her hips, breathing hard.

“What happened at the airstrip?” Cassian asked.

Rubio tossed a folder on the table.

“Everything. Or nothing. Depends on how you look at it.”

Mara crossed her arms. “They were there, but they weren’t loading anything. No cargo. No trucks. Just a few guards and a plane that never took off.”

“A decoy,” Cassian muttered.

“Exactly,” Rubio said. “They wanted us to split. Wanted us chasing shadows.”

I took a seat, still feeling the ghost of Cassian’s hands on me from earlier, the way he’d pulled me back, held me against him as the world c
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    Naomi’s Pov Cassian didn’t wait for a cue. Didn’t wait for Rubio. Didn’t wait for anything. The second his hand left my waist, he moved toward the container like the ground itself was pushing him forward. His steps were quiet, but not cautious. Determined. Controlled. Burning. Rubio whispered sharply through comms, “Boss, slow down” Cassian ignored him. Mara muttered, “He’s gone. He’s in that headspace.” The one only I had seen up close. Not anger. Not vengeance. Fear. Fear sharpened into violence. I followed him, closer than I needed to, because he’d already made it clear: distance between us was no longer an option. He stopped at the door of the container. One hand on the metal. Jaw clenched. Breathing uneven. Like he had to pull himself back from the edge before he opened it. He whispered, “Naomi… stay behind me.” I nodded, though we both knew I wasn’t going anywhere else. Cassian lifted the latch with slow precision. It creaked just a little but enough to mak

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    Naomi’s Pov The railyard felt like it was breathing. Not loudly not in a way you notice right away. More like the quiet rise and fall of something waiting, patient and dangerous. Cassian stood inches in front of me, one hand hovering just behind his back as he whispered the count. “One…” His voice barely stirred the air. “Two…” His breath steadied, even though mine didn’t. He raised his hand for “three..” A faint scrape of gravel behind me. I turned with nothing but instinct A hand clamped over my mouth. Another hooked around my waist. A sharp tug no sound, no warning and the ground slipped under my feet. The guard pulled me backward into a narrow slit between two containers. Dark. Tight. Cold. So silent it felt suffocating. His grip was iron, pressing my spine against his chest, his breath hot and panicked behind my ear. “Don’t move,” he hissed. My heart slammed once, hard, and every lesson I’d learned in the months since escaping the ledger came crashing ba

  • Step Brother's Deadly Obsession    91

    Naomi’s Pov The world always feels different at two in the morning. The sky looks heavier. The air feels colder. Even your heartbeat sounds louder, like it knows the night might take more than it gives back. Cassian stood near the open armory locker, loading his gun with a precision that didn’t match the tension in his shoulders. Rubio leaned against the wall, checking comms, while Mara ran diagnostics on the feed. No one was talking. But everyone was thinking the same thing. Tonight mattered. I adjusted the strap on my vest, hands slightly unsteady. Cassian’s eyes caught the movement instantly. He didn’t say anything, but the look in his eyes… it wasn’t the look of a commander checking on his operative. It was something heavier. Something he wasn’t hiding well enough tonight. Rubio noticed too. He raised a brow, then glanced at me with a smirk he didn’t fully mean. “Are you two good?” he asked. Cassian snapped his attention back to him. “Focus on the mission.” Rubio h

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    Naomi’s POV Nights before missions are never quiet, even when they look that way. The halls were dim, the lights on low power, the air-conditioning humming softly. But inside me? Nothing was quiet. Every sound felt louder. Every thought sharper. Every breath heavier. I walked back to my room after the planning session, but sleep wasn’t even a possibility. My body was restless, my mind too full. I changed into a loose T-shirt and sat on the edge of my bed, staring at the wall like it might give me answers. It didn’t. All I kept seeing were the girls in that container. And Cassian’s face when he saw them. Something in him had fractured. Not in a dangerous way — in a human way. A way he didn’t know how to handle. A knock sounded on my door. Soft. Slow. Not urgent. Just… there. I stood, heart rising to my throat, and opened it. Cassian. He didn’t barge in. Didn’t fill the doorway with command or authority. He just stood there, hands in the pockets of his sweats, hair slight

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    Naomi’s Pov The war room lights felt brighter than usual, too sharp, too unforgiving. Mara spread blueprints across the table maps of the railyard, the surrounding streets, an old sewer line, and an emergency access road the city forgot existed. Rubio paced behind her, muttering calculations under his breath. Cassian stood at the far end of the table, hands braced on the wood, head down like the weight of the mission was sitting on his shoulders. Nobody said a word about how he’d cracked minutes ago. Nobody had to. We all felt it. I stood beside him, not touching, but close enough that my arm could feel the warmth radiating off his. It grounded me. Or maybe I was grounding him. I didn’t know anymore. Mara cleared her throat. “We need three entry points. North, east, and through the abandoned office.” Rubio leaned over the map. “East side has the most cover. North is cleaner but too exposed. Office is risky, but if we time it…” “We move in pairs,” Cassian said sharply, cuttin

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    Naomi’s POV We barely spoke on the drive back. Not because there was nothing to say but because there was too much. The sight of those girls in the container stayed glued behind my eyes. Their small hands. Their quiet breathing. Their fear trying to hide under blankets that couldn’t hold anything warm. Cassian gripped the steering wheel so tightly his knuckles went white. I’d seen him angry before. I’d seen him furious. I had never seen him quiet like this the kind of quiet that feels like the inside of a storm right before it strikes. Rubio rode in the back, tense and restless, tapping his foot against the floor. Every now and then he’d curse under his breath, like he needed to release the anger before it ate him alive. When we pulled into the base, Cassian didn’t wait for the engine to stop. He pushed out of the car and slammed the door behind him. Not at me. Not at Rubio. Just at the world. I followed him. I didn’t know why. Maybe because something in my chest was still ta

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