LOGINOutside the intensive care room, Kaizen leaned against the wall. His breathing was uneven, and his hands trembled despite his attempts to steady them.Nyra stood in front of him.“Look at me.”He lifted his eyes.“She's alive,” she whispered.“For now.”“Kaizen…”“They had to shock her heart, Nyra. Do you understand what that means?”She nodded slowly.“They said her organs are failing. Her kidneys, her liver… everything is getting worse. What happens if they can't keep them working?”Nyra struggled to find an answer. He gave a bitter laugh and looked away.“I was supposed to protect her. I spent months fighting for money, hiding my injuries, doing things I never wanted to do, all because I wanted her to have a chance at getting better.”His eyes became glassy.“And someone was quietly destroying that chance while I was busy trying to save her.”Nyra took both his hands.“You didn't cause this.”“But I couldn't stop it.”“You're still here. You're still fighting for her.”He looked at
Blackthorne University had never been this chaotic. The raid had happened days ago, but the fear it left behind was only getting worse. Students who had once filled the lecture halls with laughter now gathered in anxious groups, whispering about the missing students, the armed men and the mysterious connection between the incident and Kaizen Arclair.The university administration had released a statement promising a thorough investigation, but it did little to calm anyone. Instead, it gave the rumours more room to grow.“He has to know something,” a male student said outside the main lecture theatre. “You don't just disappear for weeks, then have armed men storm the university looking for you.”“Exactly. And why hasn't he come forward?”“Because he's hiding!”A girl standing nearby shook her head. “What if he's involved with those people? Maybe the raid wasn't even meant to be a rescue. Maybe they were looking for someone he owed money to.”“Then why did innocent students have to suff
“Where is Sylvara?”Anonymous's voice cut through the hurried footsteps as the doctors entered the medical wing.“She is in the intensive care room,” one of the nurses replied. “Her condition deteriorated less than twenty minutes ago.”Dr. Samuel immediately looked towards Mira and Elias.“Twenty minutes?”The nurse nodded. “Her oxygen levels dropped, and she became unresponsive. We've managed to stabilise her temporarily, but she needs immediate attention.”“Then why are we still standing here?” Elias demanded.Anonymous turned towards his security team. “Get them everything they need. Nobody interrupts their work, and nobody enters that room without their permission.”The doctors hurried down the corridor.Kaizen was already outside the intensive care room, pacing restlessly. His sleeves were rolled up, his hair dishevelled, and his eyes were fixed on the closed doors. He had been there for hours, watching the medical staff move in and out without receiving any reassuring news.When
The journey back to Anonymous's estate was tense.Samuel sat beside the window, holding the medical records against his chest. Elias kept looking at Nathaniel, who lay across the opposite seat with a member of Anonymous's team applying pressure to his wound.Mira remained silent.She had not forgiven him, and she wasn't certain she ever would.When the vehicles finally entered the estate, the gates closed behind them. Armed guards surrounded the arriving cars, and the doctors were escorted into the main building.Anonymous was already waiting.His expression was cold, but the moment he saw the doctors, something in his posture shifted.“Where have you been?”Elias stepped forward. “Ask your men how long it took them to find us.”Anonymous's gaze moved towards the injured Nathaniel.“And him?”“He brought us into a trap,” Mira answered. “He was supposed to deliver us to the people holding us.”Anonymous's expression hardened.Nathaniel was carefully lifted from the vehicle and placed o
“Move!”Nathaniel Cross pushed the access card against the scanner, and the heavy security door clicked open. He glanced over his shoulder before stepping into the narrow corridor, his medical bag hanging from one shoulder.Dr. Mira Voss followed first, with Dr. Elias Moretti close behind her. Samuel Adeyemi brought up the rear, still clutching the medical records they had managed to gather.“Where does this passage lead?” Mira whispered.“Somewhere we won't be expected to go,” Nathaniel replied.“That isn't an answer.”“It's the only one I have time to give you.”They hurried through the corridor, their shoes scraping against the concrete floor. The passage was poorly lit, with exposed pipes running along the ceiling and water dripping steadily from a damaged section of the wall. It smelled of dampness, rust and disinfectant.Nathaniel stopped at a junction and listened. Nothing, then he pointed towards the left passage. “This way. There's a service stairwell at the end. It connects
Blackthorne University had never witnessed such chaos. The raid had ended, but the fear it left behind was far from over. Students crowded the main entrance, parents rushed to the administration building, and university officials struggled to control the growing stampede as rumours spread that more people would be arrested. Several students who had been taken away during the raid were still missing, and nobody seemed willing to explain where they had been taken.Everywhere, one name kept coming up.Kaizen Arclair.Some students accused him of provoking the attack, others claimed he had been involved in something criminal, and a few insisted that the entire incident was connected to his family's underground dealings. His absence only made matters worse because the person everyone wanted to question was nowhere to be found."Where is he?" a student shouted outside the administration building. "If he's responsible for this, why is he hiding?""His girlfriend is missing too!" another rep
Nyra wakes around 2AM because of noises in the penthouse kitchen. She walks downstairs irritated, expecting lousy Kaizen was up to something.Instead, she found him alone.Bloody, not dramatically bloody….Worse and quietly injured.His knuckles are torn open while he washes blood down the sin
Nyra's POV The first time Kaizen Arclair ruined my life, he did it with one comment.I stared at my phone screen inside the crowded café kitchen, barely hearing the manager yell at someone behind me.“TOP SCHOLARSHIP WINNER OF BLACKTHORNE HEIGHTS UNIVERSITY.”My picture sat proudly under the headl
Nyra's pov I noticed the smell first, Coffee, Warm bread…Something expensive.Then I realized, this definitely wasn't my room.My eyes snapped open.Gray walls, dark furniture, huge windows overlooking Vancouver, a guitar by the wall and a familiar black hoodie on a chair.My stomach dropped…Oh
“Absolutely not.”Kaizen leaned back in the chair like the Vice chancellor’s office bored him physically.Stuck in the same room as Kaizen Arclair while faculty deens discussed his failing grades like it was a national emergency.Kaizen looked completely unbothered by the entire conversation, like







