All Chapters of The CEO’s Unwanted Wife: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

Raine"Did you lock the gate?"Cassian's deep voice cut through the night like a blade. Tense. Ready to strike.I froze on the stairs, my heart thudding. "Yeah… why?"He turned from the window, the blood-red note still held in his hand. "Because someone's already inside."I don't waste time asking him how he knows. I rush to the weapons cache hidden beneath the floorboard. My hands tremble as I open it—take out the Glock Kade had left behind—and slide the chamber."We're not safe anymore," Cassian says, popping up behind me. "She knows where we are.""She?" I gasp. "Larsson's daughter?Cassian nods, face pale. "There's more about her I didn't tell. Things I wasn't sure were true. But that note…" He holds it up, the ink wet on the page. "That's her writing."The vineyard moans outside in the wind. The old shutters creak. Every shadow feels like a whisper.Kade's voice crackles over the comm. "Motion sensors tripped on the west field. Three heat signatures. No cars.""Confirm threat?" I

Raine"You were never supposed to survive."These were the words that came out of Leo's mouth as we made our way into the alley behind the burning nightclub. Sirens blast like demons on our heels. My lungs are on fire, my heart pounding like a drum of war."I was what?" I fired back, dodging a dumpster."A prototype," Leo growls. "One of the first experiments in Larsson's sick little army project."I slam him into the brick wall. "You'd better talk fast before I start pulling triggers."His jaw tightens. "Not here.""Then where?"He nods his chin. "The sewer. Down. Now."We sneak through reeking tunnels, a labyrinth of dripping pipes and echoless whispers. My mind spins with what I've just heard.Larsson didn't just fund experiments. He used me.A lab rat, an experiment, and a survivor.When we finally enter a basement illuminated by nothing but a faint lantern, I'm on the verge of collapse. But I won't break. Not yet."Start explaining," I demand.Leo flings a folder in my direction.

Raine"You're bleeding."Cassian's voice is husky, barely audible over the hum of the engine and the storm raging inside my chest. His blood's still wet on my hands. My jacket's drenched. My thoughts vibrate like ash on the breeze, refusing to land."I'm fine," I lied, keeping my focus on the road.But I'm not fine. I'm nowhere near fine. Elias was taken.By them.Whoever they are.Pandora's voice cuts through my earpiece, cold and sharp. "He's gone, Raine. Their vehicle went off the grid three minutes ago. Chopper tracking's dead."I press my fingers to my forehead. "What about Roman's men? Do we have survivors of the hit?"Silence.Then, "Malik's dead. Roman's missing."My stomach drops.I don't respond. I can't. Not when everything is coming apart so fast, I can barely breathe.Cassian coughs beside me, blood freckling his lips."You need a hospital," I whisper."We need more answers," he said. His hand presses into mine, weak but unyielding. "They knew exactly where we were, Raine

Raine"Run!"Cassian's scream ripped through the silence in the room just as the explosion blew the rear gate into a burning splinter. I didn't need to look back—I felt the heat sear the back of my neck as I dived with him behind the garden wall.My ears were ringing.Smoke. Screams. Another shot that was fired cracked through the air, lodging in the brick inches from my skull.Cassian pulled me down, his arm locking across my stomach. "They're driving us east.""Who the devil are they?" I shouted.He didn't answer; instead, he kept moving, low and fast, hand locked with mine. We take cover through the hedge maze, turning, running, doubling back as the mansion behind us is engulfed in flames.We didn't stop until we broke through the last hedge and into the thick forest that night.And then we were falling.I fell, rolled, tumbling down an embankment, the ground slick and icy. My shoulder hit a rock. Cassian landed beside me with a grunt.I sat up, my heart pounding, leaves in my mout

Raine"How the hell did this happen?!"I slammed my hands against the dashboard of the black van as it took a turn, tires shrieking in protest on the frozen road. The GPS went red. Lost signal.Malik's eyes kept scanning the road, his jaw set. "They cut the tracker. Clean. Military-grade snatch.""And you didn't notice it coming?" I spat.Do you wish for me to lie to you now?" he snapped back."YES!"Silence.Pandora leaned forward from the backseat, her face smeared with tears she refused to shed. "They were waiting. Watching. We never had a chance."My chest hurt like it had been cut open and left hollow. "He was there. One minute. And then…"Gone.Dragged into the dark.Cassian.Gone.I clutched the seatbelt as if it could hold my world together. "Where in the hell are we going?""To regroup," Malik growled. "Danforth safehouse. Thirty minutes max.""I don't want safety," I snarled. "I want Cassian.""We won't find him dead," Pandora burst out suddenly. "They need him alive."That