The Ticking Silence

Jeffery’s POVThree hours since we'd left Richmond, I was still holding onto the wheel as if it were the only thing keeping me sane.Cassie slept in the passenger seat, her head against the window, curls spilling like dark ink down the shoulder. Strain creased her face even in repose, her lips pursed as if bracing for a scream.I detested this.She did not have to be a pawn in this twisted game of chess born in the digital age. She was more than the last key—more than a daughter of a dead genius or an access point to a cyber bomb. She was Cassie: curvy, fierce, brilliant, stubborn. Mine.And she was in greater danger than ever.The virus her mother had planted—Operation Rebirth—grew into a homing signal. If Emmaline or any of her followers got wind of it, Cassie would be a walking target. And not for capture. She would be a target for assassination as well.I gritted my teeth and sped up.***Cassie’s POVI awoke to silence. That dense, uncomfortable silence that makes you feel as if

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The Third Option

Cassie’s POVEric's eyes glowed in the dark like an animal. He was the one with all the cards—or at least he believed it, anyway. The trees stood silently around us as if the world itself waited and watched to see who would make the next move.Jeffery's hold on his gun tightened. I felt tension emanating from him in wave after wave, a tightly wound spring. Every crease on his hard-muscled frame screamed danger. But I couldn't let him shoot—not yet."Eric," I stated, slowly striding between them, "if you're here, then Emmaline has the key in hand. She sent you to finish it, didn't she?"His smile turned cunning. "Ah, Cassandra, always the smart one.""You said you wanted my heart," I continued, "but both of us know Emmaline does not need me alive. She needs access. And that means she does not trust you either."Jeffery's gaze snapped toward me, jaw still tight. "Cass—""Let me do this," I whispered.Eric laughed. "You think you can play me?""No," I replied. "I believe you're fed up wi

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Through Fire

Jeffery’s POVWe reached the drop point at midnight. Cassie sat in silence beside me in the car, her hand lightly on my thigh, holding me in position. Her gentle curves swayed with every jolt in the road, her lips pursed in a line of stubborn silence. The tension between us wasn't just anticipation of danger—it was infused with unspoken words, words we didn't have time to say yet.But I felt them.She was mine. The way storms are the skies'.And I'd destroy the world before I'd allow anyone to ever take her from me.The complex stood—an abandoned NSA satellite facility, now a ghost complex. From the data retrieved from Eric's scan, Emmaline had installed the last ATHENA node inside its vault."This is it," I stated, putting the car into park.Cassie exhaled. "How ironic. A woman who wishes to rule the world keeps her finest weapon in a place that is meant to keep secrets."She was going to grab her bag, but I stopped her."Are you sure?" I asked. "Once we're inside, there's no turning

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The Ticking Silence

The Third Option

Through Fire