Semua Bab THE ROGUE, THE ALPHA AND ME: Bab 11 - Bab 14

The sealed elevator was never used. No one had touched the keypad in years—until now. The guard who noticed it blinked, rubbed his eyes, and swore under his breath. A single command had lit it up, flashing Level -7, a floor that didn't officially exist in Blackthorn Tower's blueprints. Then it went dark again. As if it had never happened. As if something had awakened. --- Elaina hadn't slept. Not really. Not since Lucien's rejection. And yet, she'd never felt more awake. Fueled by a fury that felt too much like heartbreak, she painted her lips red, slipped into a wine-colored dress that could start fires, and set one goal for the day: Make Lucien Blackthorn see her. Not as a distraction. Not as a mistake. As his match. Lucien hadn't answered a single one of her texts. Not that she expected him to. After his brutally cold rejection, anyone else would've walked away in tears, maybe booked a one-way flight out of town to nurse a shattered ego. But Elaina Rivers wasn't an

Elaina didn’t know why her skin prickled with unease as she stepped out of the hospital’s rear exit.It had been a long day—patients, meetings, and Daisy ranting about how she needed a proper date night. The sun had dipped below the skyline, and the world was bathed in dusk’s golden gloom.But something felt… off.She clutched her coat tighter around herself, her heels clicking faster on the pavement as she made her way toward the spot where her car was parked. The air felt too still. The quiet, too unnatural.The rose was the first sign.Single. Crimson. Fresh.Resting on the hood of her car.Elaina frowned, the hospital’s rear lot deserted under the bleeding colors of twilight. She hadn’t told anyone she’d parked here. She hadn’t told anyone she was working late. And she definitely hadn’t told anyone she hated clichés this much.She picked up the rose slowly, the stem still dewy.A note was tucked beneath it.Just one word.“Lovely.”Her stomach tightened.Not in a swoony, rom-com k