Masuk"B-Boss!""Speak before I blow your fucking head off.""Please—""What the fuck is happening outside?"The man struggled for breath."The plan... it was betrayed."I stared at him."Obviously.""No, boss. You don't understand. The whole place is compromised. There are too many of them. Our men are being taken down everywhere.""Ricardo?" He hesitated. "Where is Ricardo?""I don't know.""Dante?""He's also out of sight.""Casper?""Boss, I don't—"I shoved him forward. "Then what the fuck do you know?" I snapped. He turned halfway toward me. "Some of our men are still fighting. They're trying to survive."I didn't care.My eyes moved around the passage."Where's Maria?"The man went silent. My heart sank before he even answered. His lips trembled. That was enough...I slowly lowered the gun."Speak.""She's gone."I stared at him."Gone?"His eyes dropped."Gone where?" I asked forcing calm into every word.He looked terrified."Dead."I swear that word hit differently."She was switc
Malachi's PovI couldn't breathe.I stood there staring at the flames, but my mind had stopped understand what I was seeing.The car was gone...the woman was gone. That was what I wanted. That was the sight I had spent days imagining...to see Renz break. It should have been the end. So why the fuck was he suddenly moving? He turned away from the burning car and ran toward the little girl.I stared. "The fuck?"The girl was still there.Alive.Renz reached her and dropped beside her. He pulled her against his chest so tightly that she almost disappeared inside his arms.Then several men rushed toward him.I blinked.Men?Where the fuck had they come from? They appeared from between the containers and moved around Renz and the child like they had been waiting for a signal. I couldn't understand it. It wasn't part of the plan. I knew In that moment that something had totally gone wrong. Why was that bastard so difficult to destroy? I had done everything. Everything. I had buried him. Br
Nyx's PovThe first thing I remembered wasn't the pain. It was Rynna screaming. The sound tore through my head before I even opened my eyes. Then came everything else.The chair, the ropes biting into my wrists until they went numb. The cold water they kept throwing over me whenever I blacked out.The questioning....and beatings. Malachi's fucking laughter. Every memory crashed into me at once. A groan escaped my lips before my eyes slowly opened.The ceiling above me looked unfamiliar. My body felt like it had been crushed beneath a truck. Even breathing hurt.I tried moving but a sharp pain shot through my ribs. "Damn..." I whispered."Easy.".. That was.....Marco's voice so I turned weakly. He was kneeling beside me.Several armed men stood around us, watching the entrance with their weapons raised. Among them stood a stranger with a hard face, watching the outside more than me.For a second, I couldn't understand what I was looking at. The last family I'd seen before everything wen
Then came the beep.The sharp sound echoed across the depot, and every muscle in my body locked.It had begun.Marco slowly lowered the binoculars and exhaled."It's time."Out in the open, Renz reacted exactly as we'd planned. He bolted toward the black SUV without hesitation. His hand grabbed the handle and pulled. He knew it was locked, but he kept pulling.His fist slammed hard against the reinforced window a couple times but the glass refused to give way."Damn..." I muttered under my breath. For a split second...Even I forgot it was an act. Renz looked completely broken. He leaned close to the window, resting one hand against the glass as his lips moved. Whatever he whispered was clearly meant only for her.We both couldn't hear a word. But somehow... It didn't feel rehearsed. Marco shook his head with the faintest grin."Someone give that man an Oscar." A quiet chuckle escaped me. "He deserves two."We couldn't move yet. Not while Malachi was still scanning the yard. Renz sud
Roman's PovLast night had been long. Sleep never came.Every time I closed my eyes, I found myself back in that dining hall, watching Luis Renz quietly listen while I explained the only weakness I believed Malachi still had.His pride.It had been years since I'd last stood before Renz.Back then, he was already a dangerous man. Now...He felt different. Broad shoulders, more tattoos...he looked larger than I remembered with the same terrifying calm...Only heavier now.Like a man who had buried too much of himself and learned to live with what remained.. I walked straight into the Shadow King's hideout and he listened to what I had to say, A few questions were past, doubt, Renz tested every word I'd said......then accepted my suggestion. He was risking everything on information coming from a former enemy.That...That was something Malachi could never do. Malachi rules with fear. Renz rules with trust and maybe that is why men kept choosing him. I owed Renz nothing. He didn't even
The drive back to the estate was painfully quiet.The engine hummed through the empty road while none of us found the strength to speak. Roman sat beside me in complete silence. His wife remained at the back with their little boy asleep against her shoulder, one hand gently stroking the child's hair as though reassuring herself he was still there.I kept my eyes on the road. Trusting Roman was already a dangerous gamble. Bringing him into our hideout...That was an even bigger one.If he truly meant every word he had said...Then today might become the turning point of this war. But if he was lying...and this was another one of Malachi's games...Then I had just handed our location to the enemy.And this time...Renz would never forgive me. The thought stayed with me until the familiar gates finally appeared ahead. The guards recognized my car almost immediately...as the heavy iron gates slid open.Roman watched them carefully before looking farther into the estate."So..." His voice wa
Later that night, I stepped out of the resort, the night air brushing my face. I pulled out my phone and called Thomas.“Thomas, how’s the club?” I asked, my voice low but sharp.“All calm, boss. Nothing out of place,” he replied. I let out a slow breath, the tension on my shoulders easing just a l
Camila's PovFinding an office was pretty easy. Finding a place to live? That was the real struggle.I sighed, half annoyed, half amused, then leaned back in my chair, chewing at my lip, and cursing in my head. Accommodation shouldn’t be this hard. I mean, I already have an office. Why does a roof
I didn’t bother with small talk.I looked at Nyx, then at Leonard, and spoke straight. “This is my brother,” I said, placing a hand on Leonard’s shoulder. Then I turned back to Nyx, my voice steady. “And this… is my fiancée.” For a second, it felt like the whole noise stopped. Nyx’s eyes went wid
You might wonder how the night before turned out. Don’t worry—you’ll know soon enough.All I knew now was that I missed her. Too much.Nyx hadn’t been gone for long, but my chest already felt empty without her. I thought of the easiest excuse to see her—Camila’s graduation gift. Perfect. I’d show u







