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CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE: THE CHILDREN OF THE SERPENT
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2026-09-23 18:31:43
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The Billionaire's Runaway Bride CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE: THE CHILDREN OF THE SERPENT
“Mother.”The word echoed through the chamber.Again.And again.And again.Ava stood frozen.Seventeen children stared at her from seventeen opened chambers.Some were little.Some were teenagers.The oldest looked no more than seventeen.They all had the same black serpent mark.And every pair of eyes was fixed on her.Not Daniel.Not Noah.Not Elena.Her.Ava's heart pounded violently.“No…”Her voice came out as a whisper.The youngest child smiled.“You came back.”Ava stared at him.“Who are you?”The child tilted his head.“You don't remember?”Ava took a step backward.Daniel immediately moved beside her.“Stay behind me.”The children all turned toward him.Their expressions changed.For a moment, they looked afraid.Then every child spoke together.“Guardian.”Daniel froze.Ava looked at him.“How do they know you?”Daniel shook his head.“I don't know.”The oldest girl stepped out of her chamber.She was thin, pale, and barefoot.A black dress hung loosely around her body.
The Billionaire's Runaway Bride CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO: THE GUARDIAN'S BLOOD
The chamber went completely silent.Not the ordinary kind of silence.This was the kind that seemed to swallow sound itself.Ava stared at Daniel.The red light from the Serpent's core remained fixed on him.THE GUARDIAN BLOODLINE IS NOT THE PROTECTOR.A pause.Then another message appeared.THE GUARDIAN BLOODLINE IS THE SOURCE.Daniel's face had gone pale.“No.”His voice was barely audible.Ava slowly turned toward him.“Daniel…”He shook his head.“No. That's not possible.”His eyes remained fixed on the glowing words.“My family protected the Serpent. That's what we were told.”Gabriel laughed bitterly from across the chamber.Daniel's head snapped toward him.“You knew.”Gabriel didn't answer.Daniel took a step toward him.“You knew?”Gabriel wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.“I knew your family was important.”“That isn't what I asked.”Daniel's voice rose.“Did you know?”Gabriel looked at him.“Yes.”Daniel's jaw tightened.“How long?”Gabriel hesitated.“Long eno
The Billionaire's Runaway Bride CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE: THE OTHER DAUGHTER
The countdown continued.29:17.Ava stared at the woman standing across from her.For several seconds, neither of them moved.The woman looked almost like her.Not exactly.There were differences.Her eyes were darker.Her jaw was sharper.And there was something frighteningly familiar about the way she held herself—as though she had spent years learning how to survive in places where kindness was a weakness.But the resemblance was undeniable.Daniel stepped slightly in front of Ava.The woman smiled.“You don't need to protect her from me.”Daniel's jaw tightened.“I'll decide who she needs protection from.”The woman's eyes moved to him.“You're still doing that?”“Doing what?”“Standing between Ava and everything that wants to destroy her.”Daniel didn't answer.The woman laughed softly.“That's what your family has always done.”Daniel froze.Ava noticed.“You know his family?”The woman's gaze returned to Ava.“I know much more than that.”The Serpent's voice echoed through the
The Billionaire's Runaway Bride CHAPTER FIFTY: THE SON HE HID
Gabriel's laughter echoed through the chamber.Ava couldn't move.She stared at Noah.Then at her father.Then at the screen displaying the impossible birth record.AVA — 25 YEARS OLD.NOAH — 25 YEARS OLD.Yet their birth dates were twenty-five years apart.Her mind refused to accept it.“You said you were my father's son.”Noah nodded.Ava's voice trembled.“Then why does that record say you were born twenty-five years ago?”Noah looked at her.“Because that's when I was born.”Ava frowned.“But my father was already—”She stopped.A terrible thought entered her mind.She slowly turned toward her father.“Dad?”He wouldn't look at her.“Dad, look at me.”His eyes finally met hers.And Ava saw the truth in them.Not surprise.Not confusion.Fear.“You knew,” she whispered.He lowered his head.“I knew Noah was alive.”Ava's heart cracked.“You knew?”“Yes.”“And you never told me?”“I couldn't.”“You couldn't?”Her voice rose.“You lied to me about everything!”“Ava—”“You let me beli
The Billionaire's Runaway Bride CHAPTER FORTY-NINE: THE SEVENTH BLOODLINE
THUMP.THUMP.THUMP.The heartbeat echoed through the chamber.Ava stood completely still.Her eyes remained fixed on the screen.SEVENTH SUBJECT: UNKNOWN.Nobody spoke.Nobody seemed willing to breathe.Then Ethan whispered,“What the hell is underneath us?”Adrian stared at the readings.“I don't know.”“You're the one who understands this system.”“I said I don't know!”Adrian slammed his hands against the console.“The files for the seventh subject are completely erased.”Ava turned toward him.“Erased by whom?”“I can't tell.”“Then recover them.”“I've tried.”“Try again.”Adrian looked at her.Something in Ava's expression made him turn back to the console.His fingers moved rapidly.A few seconds passed.Then his eyes widened.“I found something.”Everyone moved closer.“What?” Daniel asked.Adrian stared at the screen.“There's a hidden directory beneath the original Serpent archive.”“Open it.”“I can't.”“Why?”“It requires seven genetic signatures.”Ava's heart sank.“Seve
The Billionaire's Runaway Bride CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT: THE FIRST BETRAYAL
The word hung in the air.Mother.Ava stared at Gabriel.Then at the woman standing beside him.Her grandmother.The woman who had supposedly died decades ago.The woman whose consciousness had lived inside the Serpent.The woman who had just walked out of its core as if she had been waiting for them.And now Gabriel had called her Mother.Ava's lips parted.“Gabriel…”He didn't look at her.His eyes remained fixed on the older woman.For the first time since Ava had seen him, there was no arrogance on his face.Only fear.Her grandmother smiled.“You're still afraid of me.”Gabriel swallowed.“I thought you were dead.”“You should know better than anyone.”She stepped closer.“Death has never been enough to stop me.”Amara moved backward.“No.”Her grandmother looked at her.“My daughter.”Amara's eyes filled with tears.“You're not my mother anymore.”The woman smiled.“That is what you told yourself for twenty years.”“You destroyed everything!”“I created everything.”“You created
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