LOGINThe road stretched endlessly beneath the darkness.Inside the vehicle, nobody spoke for several minutes.Everyone was exhausted.But nobody was sleeping.Not after everything they had discovered.Amelia sat beside Damian, one hand resting protectively over her stomach.The baby moved again.She smiled faintly.Damian noticed."Again?"She nodded."He seems very active tonight."Damian placed his hand beside hers."Maybe he knows we're finally leaving."Amelia looked at him."I hope that's what it is."Damian smiled."It is."Across from them, Adrian checked his phone."The flight is ready."Bennett looked at him."Are you certain?""Yes.""The aircraft is private.""The route has been changed.""And the passenger list?""Clean."Bennett nodded."Good."Amelia looked through the window."Where exactly are we going?"Adrian looked at her."London first.""And after?""Somewhere quieter."Damian frowned."Where?""That depends on what we find when we get there."Amelia nodded.She wasn't
The tunnel was silent.Too silent.Amelia could hear nothing except the sound of their footsteps and the quiet rhythm of her own breathing.Damian's hand remained firmly around hers."Stay close to me," he whispered."I am."Behind them, Clara kept looking back.Bennett noticed."Are you expecting someone?"Clara shook her head."I'm afraid of who might already be ahead of us."Damian looked at her."You said this tunnel leads outside the estate.""It does.""Then who could be waiting?"Clara didn't answer.Amelia noticed the change in her expression."Clara?"She stopped.Everyone stopped with her."Something's wrong."Bennett immediately raised his weapon."What?"Clara pointed ahead."Listen."Everyone became still.At first, Amelia heard nothing.Then footsteps, coming toward them.Slow.Deliberate.Someone was walking through the tunnel.Damian moved Amelia behind him.Adrian stepped to her other side.Bennett raised his weapon."Who's there?"No answer.The footsteps continued.
The house remained in darkness.No one moved.Damian stared at the staircase.His mother's voice still echoed in his mind.Don't leave without me.Amelia reached for his hand."Damian."He looked at her.For the first time that night, she saw something in his eyes she had never seen before.Hope.Fear.And the desperate need to believe that the impossible could be true."My mother is alive."Amelia squeezed his hand."We'll find out."Bennett immediately shook his head."Nobody goes anywhere alone."Damian looked at him."Then we go together."Bennett nodded."Agreed."---They moved upstairs carefully.Nathan stayed behind them while Adrian remained beside Amelia.Sophie followed closely.Noah watched the corridor.Every door was open.Every room was empty.Then they heard it.A soft sound.Someone crying.Damian stopped."Mom?"The crying came from his childhood bedroom.He slowly opened the door.The room was empty.Except for a woman standing beside the window.Her back was turned
Amelia'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
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
For one terrifying second, Damian thought he misheard.The noise of the ballroom faded into the background.“What did you say?”On the other end of the call, the hotel manager sounded nervous.“Mrs. Vale collapsed near the west entrance. Security said she nearly fainted in the rain.”Damian’s grip
The moment Amelia signed the papers, the ballroom erupted into whispers.Some people pitied her.Most enjoyed the spectacle.After all, scandals involving powerful families were entertainment for the rich.Amelia could practically feel their eyes burning into her skin as she placed the pen down car
The crystal chandeliers of the Grand Orion Hotel glowed above the crowd, casting gold across silk gowns and tailored suits. Laughter echoed through the ballroom, champagne glasses clinked softly, and cameras flashed toward the stage where the powerful elites of the city gathered.At the center of i







