LOGINAmelia's hand remained over her stomach.The room had gone completely silent.No one seemed willing to breathe.The voice from the speaker had disappeared, but its final words remained.They will find your son before he is even born.Damian turned toward Amelia."Are you okay?"She nodded slowly."I'm fine."But Damian could see the fear in her eyes.He stepped closer."Amelia...""I'm not afraid for myself."Her voice trembled."I'm afraid for him."Damian gently covered her hand with his."They won't touch you.""They won't touch our son."Amelia looked at him."You can't promise that.""I can promise I'll do everything in my power to protect you both."She stared at him.For once, there was no arrogance in his voice.No CEO.No pride.Just a man terrified of losing his family.---Bennett turned toward the speakers."Shut down the system."Nathan immediately moved toward the control panel."I'll try."He began disconnecting wires.The speakers crackled again.Everyone froze.A diff
The screen remained black.No one moved.The words from the final message still echoed in Amelia's mind.DAY NINE HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN.Damian stood in front of the monitor, his expression unreadable.Amelia watched him carefully.She could see the questions forming behind his eyes.Questions about his father.His mother.Samuel.And now...His own identity.Evelyn broke the silence."There's something you need to know before we go any further."Damian turned toward her."What?"Evelyn looked at the photograph lying on the table.The photograph of Damian as a child."I knew your mother."Damian's jaw tightened."You said that already.""No."Evelyn shook her head."I knew her before she married your father."Damian stared at her."How?""She worked with Samuel.""She was part of Project Reunion."Evelyn nodded."Yes."Damian looked down."Then why did nobody tell me?""Because Clara wanted you far away from it.""From what?"Evelyn hesitated."The organization believed your mother had
Don't open that file, Amelia.Amelia's heart slammed against her ribs.Someone was standing beside her.She could feel their presence.She tightened her grip around Damian's hand."Who said that?"No answer.Bennett immediately switched on his flashlight.The beam swept across the room.Evelyn.Noah.Nathan.Sophie.Eleanor.Damian.Adrian.Everyone was there.Everyone except,"Where's Daniel?" Nathan asked.Amelia's blood ran cold.Daniel had been standing near the entrance only moments earlier.Bennett turned toward the doorway."Daniel?"Silence.Then they heard footsteps.Slow.Measured.Coming from the corridor.Everyone raised their weapons.A shadow appeared.Daniel stepped into the room.His face was pale.His hands were raised."Don't shoot."Bennett lowered his weapon slightly."Where were you?"Daniel looked around."I heard something outside.""What?""A door closing."Nathan frowned."Which door?"Daniel hesitated."The old medical wing."Noah's expression changed."The m
The baby's cry echoed through the underground chamber.Once.Then again.Amelia stood frozen.Her heart pounded so violently that she could barely breathe."That isn't possible," Nathan whispered.Bennett immediately raised his flashlight."Everyone stay together."Damian moved closer to Amelia."Don't go anywhere alone."Noah stared at the floor.His face had gone pale."I've heard that sound before."Amelia looked at him."When?"He shook his head."I don't know."Another cry echoed beneath them.This time, it sounded weaker.Amelia's hand instinctively moved toward her stomach."Someone is down there."Eleanor stepped forward."No."Everyone turned toward her.Eleanor's expression was tense."That's not a child."Amelia frowned."Then what is it?"Eleanor looked toward the steel case."A recording."The room fell silent.Bennett immediately examined the walls."An audio system?"Eleanor nodded."Samuel installed one.""Why?""To make sure whoever entered this room would hear it."N
"Sophie!"Amelia ran into the hallway.Damian caught up with her."Amelia, wait!""She was right there!""I know.""They took her!"Bennett and Nathan were already searching the corridor.Every door stood open.Every room was empty.No footsteps.No struggle.No sign of Sophie.Amelia's breathing became frantic."How could someone take her without anyone seeing?"Bennett crouched beside the floor."Because they didn't."Amelia frowned."What?""There are no footprints."Nathan looked toward the windows."They didn't leave through here."Noah suddenly turned toward the library."Then she never left."Everyone looked at him."What do you mean?" Damian asked.Noah pointed toward the wall."There's another passage."Bennett's eyes narrowed."Where?"Noah walked toward one of the bookshelves."The estate was built with hidden passages everywhere."He pressed his palm against the wooden frame.Nothing happened.He tried another section.Still nothing.Then Amelia noticed something."Wait."
The words remained on the monitor.«DAY NINE BEGINS NOW.»Amelia stared at them.For nine days, Damian had slowly uncovered truths that had changed everything she thought she knew about her life.Her inheritance.The estate.Her parents.Samuel.Noah.The Archive.And now Damian himself was somehow connected to the project.She turned toward him."Did you know?"Damian's expression tightened."Know what?""About the project.""No.""About Samuel?""No.""About that photograph?""No."She searched his face.He looked genuinely shaken."I swear, Amelia."She nodded slowly."I believe you."Damian exhaled."But I still need to know why my name was there."---Bennett picked up the damaged file."Everyone out."Nathan looked at him."We haven't found the primary observer.""And we won't find them by burning alive."The ceiling groaned.A shower of dust fell around them.Bennett pointed toward the exit."Move."They began running.Amelia stayed beside Damian.Noah followed closely behind.
“Amelia!”The sound of Damian’s voice echoed through the apartment with a panic nobody had ever heard from him before.Sophie gasped.Nathan froze.And Adrian immediately lifted Amelia into his arms as her body went limp against him.“Move.”His calm tone cut sharply through the chaos.Years of med
The words slammed into Damian like a physical blow.“Don’t touch her.”For a second, nobody moved.Amelia’s body trembled weakly in Adrian’s arms, her face pale enough to terrify everyone in the room.“Move aside,” Damian said coldly.Adrian ignored him completely.“Get water,” he told Sophie calml
Amelia’s heartbeat stopped for a second.No.Not now.Not tonight.Sophie looked between the door and Amelia in confusion before opening it wider.Standing outside was a tall man dressed in a dark coat, rainwater still glistening faintly on his shoulders. His sharp features carried the calm confide
Damian Vale did not sleep that night.By three in the morning, the entire top floor of Vale Corporation remained brightly lit while executives and assistants moved nervously through the hallways like soldiers preparing for war.Nobody dared ask questions.Nobody dared mention Amelia.But everyone c







