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CHAPTER 97: BLOODLINES AND SHADOWS
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THE CEO'S STOLEN SECONDS CHAPTER 97: BLOODLINES AND SHADOWS
SWOOSH!Out of nowhere, a brutal spotlight crashed down from the yacht’s upper deck, trapping us under a harsh white glare that made my skin prickle.CLICK-CLACK-CLICK-CLACK!Overhead, at least twenty hidden sniper hatches hissed open along the carbon-fiber hull. Black muzzles slid forward, cutting through the mist. Red laser dots lit up Christian’s chest, and one burned cold right between my eyes."DON’T MOVE!" Marcus barked in my earpiece—from the blacked-out container yard behind us. "Sierra, you’ve got thermal sights locked on your spot! If we open fire, they’ll blast that pier to splinters!"My heart slammed so hard into my ribs I felt like it might break me in half. Every breath hurt—the sea fog felt like swallowing needles. Pain screamed from my bad leg under the carbon brace, stabbing my right knee like someone twisting a knife. I didn’t move back. I just reached out, fingers shaking, and clutched Christian’s hand tight.His palm was slick with fear and sweat. His whole body t
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SCREEECH!Christian slammed his heavy combat boot onto the brake pedal, throwing his whole weight against the steering wheel as the lead transport van skidded sideways across the rain-soaked road!THWACK-THWACK-THWACK!The tires smoked, spraying dirty rainwater across the windshield while our four-vehicle convoy screeched to a bone-rattling stop just inches from the edge of the coastal bridge overlook."TURN US AROUND! TURN US AROUND RIGHT NOW!" I yelled, my fingers digging so hard into the leather passenger seat that my nails nearly ripped through it.My heart pounded against my ribs like a wild animal trapped in a cage. Cold panic shot up my spine, drowning out the fire in my bandaged right thigh. I spun in my seat, eyes locked onto the glowing blue screen of Julian’s diagnostic laptop."Christian! Look at the timestamp!" I gasped, voice cracking into a desperate sob as I slapped the glass display. "She isn’t in Switzerland! She never left Nigeria! She waited for us to leave Abuja s
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BOOM!A wild, orange fire ripped across the night sky as a sleek black sedan blew up just fifty yards from the subway embankment. The shockwave flattened tall grass and sent burning metal scraps and shattered glass flying right over our heads."GET DOWN! DOWN!" Christian shouted. He threw himself over me, his huge arms locking around my back while concrete dust and scorched debris started raining down.THWACK-THWACK-THWACK — burning embers whistled through the humid air, singeing the edges of the blanket covering our babies."LEO! HOPE!" I screamed, my heart pounding like crazy in my chest.I ignored the stabbing pain in my bandaged thigh and wriggled out from under Christian. I dragged my injured leg across the wet dirt, my hands shaking as I scrambled to pull both infants tight against my chest. I pressed my forehead against Hope’s tiny, warm head, my whole body shaking so hard I could barely breathe."They're okay! They're okay, Sierra!" Beatrice yelled, crawling to shield my back.
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THUD-THUD-THUD-THUD!The pounding, bone-deep thrum of dual-rotor military blades hammered against the executive suite’s thick windows, hard enough to shake the glass until tiny, splintered cracks shot across the frame.RAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-TAT!Suddenly the top-floor terrace ceiling above us exploded under a hail of armor-piercing rounds. Chunks of concrete, shredded insulation, and hot sparks rained into the dark room. Every crack of red emergency lights lit the chaos with sharp, blood-red flashes."DOWN! COVER THE BABIES!" Christian yelled, and didn’t wait for anyone to move—he tackled Marcus and me flat just as a burst of bullets blasted through the back wall, turning armchairs into drifting explosions of cotton."JULIAN! GET THE SECURITY SHUTTERS DOWN!" That was General Amara, pinned on her side by a heavy fallen beam, but her service pistol never wavered from the smoking hole in the ceiling."I CAN'T! THE MAIN BUS IS DEAD!" Julian shouted back, arms over his head while plaster dust po
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BANG!The executive suite’s heavy mahogany double doors exploded inward with a single, savage kick. Wood splinters scattered across the plush carpet. The brass lock tore out of the frame, and a burst of smoke from a flash charge poured into the room, choking the doorway in a thick, blinding haze.“GET BEHIND ME!” Christian yelled.He charged forward in what felt like a blur. Without hesitation, he grabbed the oak coffee table and flipped it on its side—a CRASH—and just like that, we had a chest-high barricade between the door and my mother, who sat holding the twins. Christian drew his sidearm in the same motion, leveling it toward the smoke-filled doorway, his eyes burning with a lethal intensity.“JULIAN! GET THE CHILDREN TO THE INNER VAULT!” I screamed.My heart pounded against my chest so hard I could barely breathe. The pain in my stitched right thigh meant nothing. Exhaustion wanted to drag me down, but adrenaline kept me moving. I scooped up baby Hope and baby Leo, pressing the
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CRACK-BANG!The hydraulic seals on the third Swiss transport’s rear cargo bay blew out, shooting freezing carbon dioxide gas everywhere.SCREEECH!Heavy iron locking bolts dragged over the titanium frame as Marcus slammed a five-foot steel crowbar into the seam, his huge shoulders heaving under his torn vest."AGAIN!" Christian shouted, his voice bouncing off the concrete walls."PULL!" Marcus yelled, face going a deep purple as he threw all two-hundred-forty pounds into the crowbar.CLANG-THWACK!The reinforced blast door crashed open, shaking the floor with a roar. This thick, blinding cloud of sub-zero fog erupted, curling over the concrete like a ghost river and turning the damp air instantly to frost.I didn’t bother waiting for the mist to clear."SIERRA, WAIT! THE COLD WILL BURN YOUR LUNGS!" Christian screamed and lunged for my arm."GET OUT OF MY WAY!" I shrieked, panic running wild in my voice.I tore my arm out of his grip, not caring about the pain ripping down my thigh as
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“The final notice is already printed, Miss Brooks. If we don’t see the deposit in our account by midnight, Leo’s name drops from the surgical list.” Dr. Evans didn’t bother looking up from his tablet. The way he tapped his stylus against the glass was a kind of clinical torture, slow and steady.“
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The glass tablet in Rebecca Vance’s hand hit the marble floor and exploded into shards after Christian kicked it straight out of her grip. The fragments shot everywhere. Rebecca stumbled back, her face blotched and furious, grabbed by Victoria before she fell.“Christian!” she barked, her voice sh
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The glass coffee table between us exploded into sparkling shards when Victoria’s bodyguard clipped it with his clunky briefcase. Sharp as ever, Victoria didn’t even flinch. "Watch your step, Marcus," she murmured, her voice cold and cutting. Her gaze pinned me in place—hard blue eyes tracking every
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