LOGINNyx's PovWe had barely made it past the walls of the warehouse when it happened. Roman was ahead with two men, checking the path and Marco was behind me. I felt a dull ache in the knee, but I forced myself to keep walking.My body wanted a bed...my heart wanted Rynna.I wanted Renz.... Des...perate..ly. That was what I was thinking when—Bang!A gunshot tore through the air. I barely had time to breathe because something slammed into me.No.Someone.I stumbled back as a body crashed between me and the bullet. My eyes squeezed shut. Everything happened too fast. For one horrible second, I couldn't hear anything except my own heartbeat.Please don't let it be Renz.I opened my eyes and my blood turned cold.Gabriel."Fuck..."He dropped to the ground in front of me... Blood immediately soaked through his shirt."Nyx, stay down!" Marco grabbed my shoulder. "Get him" Roman snapped as they all rushed toward the direction of the gunshot...thier footsteps disappeared between the containers
The depot was strangely quiet when I arrived. That was what bothered me first. There were containers everywhere, huge cranes hanging over the yard and enough buildings to hide an army far within. And there were men. Plenty of them. I took a closer view but they weren't the men I knew. Malachi had clearly changed his security. That meant getting inside wouldn't be easy. So I stayed low. Watching. Then I started moving. I had survived long enough in this world to know when a place was dangerous.You didn't rush into danger. You studied it. Found its weak points. Then you moved. A few men didn't see me coming.That was their mistake. I dealt with them quietly and slipped farther inside. Rows of containers blocked most of my view. I already knew enough about today's plan. I didn't waste time going through the main entrance. Thanks to the containers, I snock carefully into the inner section while men paced from one end to another. Then shortly after, I saw Malachi. He stood high abo
Gabriel’s PovI hadn't slept well since I lost Nyx. Every night, I thought about her. Every morning, I woke up with the same fear.Renz was alive.And sooner or later, he would come for everything. For his businesses. His empire. His revenge.And Nyx.Especially Nyx.I stood on the balcony of my hotel room, staring down at Italy while a glass of liquor rested loosely in my hand.The city looked beautiful from up here.Almost peaceful.It's funny. I couldn't enjoy it.Nothing about my life had been peaceful for a long time. You see Renz and I went way back.Back to Miami.We were young then. Stupid, ambitious and hungry enough to believe the world belonged to us. We both wanted power.Money.Respect.But somehow, Renz always got there first.It irritated me.No.It fucking destroyed me.Why him?Why was Renz always better? Why did people listen when he spoke? Why did opportunities fall into his hands? Why did his name keep growing while mine remained somewhere behind his?Renz wasn't b
"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
Nyx’s POVThe park was buzzing with laughter, balloons tugging against strings, and the sweet smell of roasted corn hanging in the air. Camila had just thrown her cap high into the air hours ago, and now here we were—her, Mom, Dad, me, and Rynna—celebrating like a perfect little family. For a mome
Miami.The city felt different this time. The air was warmer, the streets sharper, and the silence inside my house heavier—like it knew what I had brought back with me.Yes, I took Nyx straight to my house. After Ricardo’s men attack at her place, it wasn’t safe for her to stay alone anymore. She d
I was supposed to meet an ally tonight to tie up a deal that had been waiting for weeks. I finally had the chance. But James’s words kept replaying in my head. I couldn’t sit still. The thought of anyone breathing too close to her made my blood run hot. The deal could burn in hell. I took my flig
Nyx’s POV The hospital corridors smelled of disinfectant and sorrow. I pushed the door open, as the door shut behind me, Machines hummed. My daughter lay pale, unmoving, my little girl laid lifeless before me... Her small chest rose and fell beneath the sheets, steady but fragile, as though even







