All Chapters of The Vow I Never Took: Chapter 91 - Chapter 100

Nathan POV“Up, up, up!” Adrian hisses. “Get your asses moving.” He hawls Cole behind him and pushes him forward. We take the stairs two at a time, jumping some when we can manage it. Down below, I can see those flashlights seeking for us as the men engaged in pursuit. Fear I didn't realise I was feeling clamped on my nerves, acted on the blood flowing through my body. I grit my teeth and push against it, struggling with everything inside of me. I'm not going to die, I repeat over and over in my head like some mantra. “Here,” Adrian says, shoving his shoulder against a door. It flips open — with the electricity out, these doors are now accessible — and we crowd inside.I look to Adrian. “We have to find something to block them from coming in.”Adrian scratches his head before he points to the conference room. I raise an eyebrow. He shrugs. I sigh but follow him. Moments later, we return carrying my favourite desk. I glare at him as I st

Nathan POV“Shit shit shit shit shit shit,” my best friend growls as we pull away from the rails, slamming the door behind us. Thanks to the electricity being back on, the doors close with a sharp ping, the light on the console turning red. I punch in the master code, putting it on lockdown. It won't matter in fifteen minutes, though. When the lights go off again, the door will swing open, and we'll be out of cards to play. Adrian leans against the wall, his tie slack around his neck, panting like he's just run a marathon. His face is shiny with sweat, and he looks as exhausted as I feel. My grandmother is sitting on the floor, legs crossed in front of her, with her eyes closed as she tries to calm her breath and remain in control. I feel a stab of envy at her control, then I look at her hand and see the tremor running through it. She's just as terrified as the rest of us. Anger burns inside of me. For a moment, if consumes the tiredness, saps

Nathan POVMy heart falls with a lurch as the lights go off. My entire world is swallowed by darkness. And importantly, the elevator slows then stops. “Fuck," Adrian curses and it's a perfect summary of my mood. My grandmother glares at him and he mutters an apology. They both look at me. “We're trapped," Adrian says. Way to state the obvious. Who even is this guy?“We can wait for the elevators to come back on," I say, trying to sound confident. Adrian shakes his head. “The lights stayed on for longer than fifteen minutes the last time." Thirty two minutes exactly. I counted. Each extra second was like a hammer of fear against my ribcage. Is Lena okay? Did she get out? Is help coming? I have to push my anxiety aside to think through our problems. “We have to get out of here," Adrian says. “Right now. Those guys are already up there. If they don't find us, they'll know we're down here. They'll come for us. If we're

Nathan POV I have my hands behind my head as I step out of my hiding place. A bout of nausea hits me and I feel sick to my gut, but I force myself to keep walking forward, one slow step at a time. My shoes scrape against the dusty concrete floor, and every sound seems louder than it should be, like the building itself is holding its breath.They're standing in the open. All of them. I count maybe a dozen of Sebastian's men, their guns lowered but ready, their eyes sharp and unblinking. Not amateurs—trained, disciplined, alert. Lena, Han, Cole, and Grace sit on the floor, back to back, their wrists bound with zip ties that bite into their skin. Their faces are pale and drawn, though when Lena lifts her head and sees me, her lips part as if she wants to speak. The sight of her cuts straight through me. Shame, relief, anger, and love all hit at once, and it's as if my chest is being split open.The woman that spoke earlier holds a radio to her mouth, and whe

Nathan POV“Sybil! Sybil! What's going on?" Sebastian roars from the other side of the tablet. I drop the tablet on the floor and bring my boot down on it. Hard. The screen shatters, wide cracks extending over the entire surface. Sebastian's angry face is in several places. It's the last thing I see before the screen goes completely dark.“Shit shit shit!" Sybil is hissing. In that moment, she's forgotten all about me. She pulls a radio from her waist and yells into it. “It's the police, boys! We have to get out of here."Everything happens so quickly. I don't think, I just let my instincts take over. I tackle the man in front of me, taking him down. My surprise attack throws him off for a moment, but to his credit, he reacts quickly. We wrestle on the floor as he tries to bring his bat around and hit me with it. I don't let him. For once, I'm grateful that I took all those self-defense lessons. I let my back hit the floor and hoist him in front of me, my