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The clock was eating me alive.Every second dragged me closer to midnight, closer to the promise the cartel had whispered in my ear: if I didn’t keep to my deal, Viper would be executed. I could almost hear it—the crack of a gunshot, the echo bouncing off warehouse walls, the silence after.I’d made choices in my life that carried weight. Deals with devils. Betrayals I swore I’d never commit. But this? Waiting while Viper’s life dangled in the dark—this was worse.My hands gripped the steering wheel until my knuckles burned white. I kept checking the rear view, scanning the streets. Every set of headlights made my chest tighten. Was it them? Was it the call? Was it the moment I lost him?Maria’s note burned in my jacket pocket, but it didn't matter if Viper was gone. Without him, the whole game shifted. Without him, I wasn’t just fighting Reyes—I’d be fighting alone.I glanced at the dashboard clock. 11:47.Thirteen minutes.My phone buzzed.For a second, I froze. My heart skipped, th

The city lights smeared across the windshield as I drove the car faster, the tires screaming against the wet road. My hand locked on the wheel. Finally, I could see the glow of the hospital sign ahead, red letters burning against the night."Hold on, Viper," I muttered, forcing my eyes off the road for a second.He was slumped in the seat, barely more than dead weight. His skin was ghost-pale, lips cracked and dry. His chest rose in short, broken bursts, each one shallower than the last. I reached over, grabbed his wrist—weak pulse, fluttering. His fingers twitched once in my grip, then fell limp."No. Not now. Not here," I hissed through my teeth.I turned the car into the hospital drive. Tires squealed, smoke rose, and the car skidded across slick pavement before slamming to a stop at the emergency bay.I was out of the driver’s seat before the engine died, opening Viper’s door. His weight collapsed into my arms as I pulled him free. He was heavier than he looked. His blood soaked i

Maria ReyesEarlier, they had dragged me out of the mansion in the dead of night. I’d always thought the Reyes estate was a cage, but now I understood it had been something worse: a staging ground for control. Hector didn’t say a word as his men pushed me toward the waiting car. His eyes stayed ahead, cold, determined, as if I were nothing more than another piece of cargo.They had a blindfold on me and the ride was long and wordless. I pressed my wrists against the ropes until they burned, but I couldn’t break free. When the car finally stopped, we weren’t at another estate or safehouse. Hector had chosen something different.He led me up the stairs himself. I could sense that there was no one around me, it was only Hector and I. Hector Reyes, stripped of his throne, dragging me deeper into his desperation. Hector wasn’t bringing me to safety. He was bringing me into his last hiding place, the hollow space where his empire had already started to die.The blindfold was yanked off, a

I pushed back from the desk, my eyes stinging from staring at the screen too long. The glow of the files still burned into my vision. Reyes’s empire was exposed—Sombra’s weapons shipments, their secret bank accounts, the blueprints and contracts for Project Phoenix. Everything Viper had died for. Everything Reyes had buried in the dark. And now it was all in my hands.My chest felt heavy. This was proof strong enough to bring them all down. But it also puts a target on anyone who touches it.I yanked the SSD from the laptop and turned to Mark. Without hesitation, I slapped it into his palm. The small drive looked harmless, but we both knew it carried blood and power. Mark’s lawyer mask cracked for the first time, replaced with grim focus. His fingers closed around it like he was holding a weapon."This is the evidence," I said, my voice low and sharp. "Everything that can destroy Sombra. Everything that ties Reyes to them. It’s yours now."Mark looked me in the eye. "What do you want