All Chapters of Lust Under Lies. she want more : Chapter 41 - Chapter 46

The plane landed at Vostok Station. Negative sixty degrees outside. Four hours before frostbite killed them.Nickey suited up in thermal gear. Checked his weapons. "If I'm not back in five hours, take Hope and run."Trina grabbed his face. "Come back. Don't be a hero.""I'm just a father protecting his family."They kissed. Then Nickey, James, and four soldiers left the plane. Walked through brutal wind toward the abandoned research station."Heat signature ahead," James said, checking his scanner. "Underground bunker. Three hundred meters."They found a metal hatch. Planted charges. Blew it open.Descended three levels. Found a large chamber with medical equipment and computers humming. In the center stood a cryo pod. Frost covered the glass. Inside was their father's body."He froze himself," Nickey whispered. "Been here twenty years."Marcus stepped from the shadows. Half his face was metal. One eye replaced with a red sensor. Burns covered his synthetic skin."Finally. The family

The plane leveled at thirty thousand feet. Hope finally stopped crying. Trina rocked her gently. "That text," James said. "It can't be Catherine. I saw Sarah shoot her. Saw her fall." "Then who sent it?" Nickey stared at his phone. "Who else uses C as a signature?" "Maybe it's a bluff. Sarah trying to keep us scared." "Why would Sarah do that?" "Because she's running the Covenant now. Needs us afraid. Needs us running. Keeps us from interfering." Trina looked up. "Or Catherine survived. Again. Like she always does." Nickey's phone buzzed. Another text. *Land in Oslo. Terminal B. A friend is waiting. Trust him. You'll need his help for what comes next.* "It's a trap," James said immediately. "Everything's a trap." Nickey showed the pilot the message. "Change course. Oslo." "Are you insane?" Trina grabbed h

The coordinates led to an abandoned oil rig in the North Sea. The submarine docked at the base. Nickey, Trina, James, and Volkov climbed the rusty ladder to the platform."This is insane," Trina said. "We just destroyed Catherine. Now we're walking into another trap?""If my father's alive, I need to know why he's been hiding. Why he let us think he was dead."They reached the top platform. A single door stood open. Light spilled out.Inside was a conference room. Clean. Modern. Not abandoned at all.Their father sat at the head of a table. Alive. Healthy. Younger looking than he should be."Hello children. Sit. We have much to discuss.""You're alive." Nickey's voice was flat. "You've been alive this whole time.""Yes. And no. It's complicated.""Uncomplicate it."His father stood. Walked to a screen on the wall. Pressed a button. Images appeared. Timeline charts. Genetic maps. "I was never frozen accidentally. I froze myself deliberately. To survive what was coming.""The collapse.