All Chapters of Ruthless Vows: The Billionaire Revenge: Chapter 191 - Chapter 200

"You're not my mother."Celeste's voice came out flat. Cold. She didn't move toward the woman. Didn't drop her guard.The woman who looked like her mother smiled. Sad and tired. "I know this is a lot.""A lot? You're supposed to be dead. I buried you.""You buried a body. Not me."Victoria still had her gun up but she looked confused now. "Aunt Claire? What are you doing here?""Stopping you from screwing everything up.""Aunt?" Sarah said. "So you're not our mom?"The woman shook her head. "I'm her twin. Your mother and I were identical. She died five years ago. Like you thought."Celeste felt everything tilt. "Twin. She never said anything about a twin.""She wouldn't. I was supposed to be dead too. The Sovereign killed me when we were teenagers. Except I got away. Went underground. New name, new life.""Why come back now?"Claire looked at Victoria. "Because my niece is about to burn down everything my sister died for."Victoria laughed. Hard and bitter. "You think I care what Mom

"Are you really sure you need to do this?"Damien broke the silence. They stood outside the residence, and Celeste stared on the peeling paint, shutters striking crooked. This used to be home.Now it just looked forgotten."I have to."The door creaked loud whilst Damien pushed it open. Dust floated all around….thick enough to see in the dim light. God, everything looked a lot smaller. The sofa where her mom read to her . The kitchen desk wherein they ate cereal on Saturdays. all of it sitting there untouched for years.Celeste stepped inside. Something squeezed tight in her chest."Where do we even begin?" Damien said.She glanced around. "Mom didn't trust anybody. She'd hide things well."They split up. Damien headed for the closets while Celeste yanked open drawers. Most stuck halfway—swollen from humidity. Old bills. Faded photos where you could barely make out faces. Nothing.She picked up a photo from the mantle. Her mother was smiling. Celeste looked maybe five. Back when every

"We have thirty seconds before I start shooting."Lucian's voice came through the phone. Cold. Like he was ordering lunch instead of threatening to kill them.Damien checked his gun. "Back door?""Blocked," Elise said from the kitchen window. "Two guys there."Celeste's brain was racing. They were stuck. Outnumbered. And the person who knew all Damien's tricks was the one outside."Twenty seconds," Lucian said."We need something," Damien said under his breath."I've got it." Celeste grabbed Elise's arm. "Do you trust me?""I literally just met you.""Fair. Do it anyway."Elise stared at her. Then nodded once. "Okay. What's the plan?""Just follow me." Celeste turned to Damien. "When I open that door, you run. Get Elise out the back. I'll keep them busy.""Hell no.""It's the only way.""I'm not leaving you here.""You have to." Celeste put her hand on his face. "Lucian wants Elise. If she's gone, he follows you. That buys me time.""Time to die, you mean.""Ten seconds," Lucian said

"We're not doing it Elena's way."Celeste's voice cut through the car. They were driving toward the mountains. Toward the Covenant Chamber. Toward what could be the end of everything."Then what's your plan?" Damien asked."We save Elise. Kill my father. Walk out alive."Elena laughed from the back. "You make it sound simple.""It won't be simple. But killing ourselves isn't the answer.""Sometimes it's the only one."Celeste turned around. Looked Elena straight in the eye. "My mom didn't die so I could throw everything away. Neither did yours."Elena shut up."We found something else," Celeste said. "There's always something else."Damien's phone rang. Speaker."Yeah?"A guy's voice came through. Rough. Tired. "Marcus. Got what you wanted.""Talk.""The Ashen Circle's got maybe forty people. Fifty tops. Most are ex-military. Know what they're doing.""Where?""Spread out. But the main group's at the Covenant Chamber right now. Getting ready.""How many there?""Fifteen. Plus your guy

"Get down!"Damien's shout slightly registered earlier than any other explosion tore thru the compound. Celeste lunged for Elise, yanking her in the back of a crumbling stone pillar. Smoke choked the air. fire climbed the partitions like something alive."We gotta pass," Celeste yelled over the roar.Elise's face had long past ghost-white. Blood ran down from her temple where someone had clocked her earlier. "My leg—I can't—""Yeah you can." Celeste grabbed her sister's shoulders. "you are harder than this."Damien squeezed off three rounds down the hallway. Two guys in black robes crumpled. He whipped back around, jaw clenched. "East corridor. It's our shot."They bolted.Everything was coming down. Beams splitting and crashing. Glass bursting everywhere. Celeste's chest burned from the smoke however she didn't permit up. She had Elise's hand locked in hers, half -dragging her ahead.A shape lurched out of the smoke ahead. Celeste went for her gun but Damien beat her to it. The guy d