All Chapters of REBEL IN MY HEART : Chapter 51 - Chapter 54

‎For a second, or maybe a whole minute. I wasn’t sure, I just sat there on the carpet staring at the screen like it was lying to me. Because it had to be lying. It had to be some sick joke, some hacker, some random idiot pretending to be Marcus. . ,or something ‎‎Because of the alternative, the idea that Zayden was out there somewhere, taken, trapped, hurt, alone.‎My chest twisted so sharply I had to bend forward and grab my knees.‎‎A tiny sound came out of me. Not even a cry. More like air escaping, weak and terrified.‎‎“No… no no no…”‎‎My fingers shook so much I almost dropped the phone again. The message glared back at me like it was proud of what it’d done.‎‎He didn’t leave by choice.‎‎I pressed a hand to my mouth because my throat felt raw, like something was lodged there. And then everything inside me cracked open in one awful, quiet burst.‎‎I didn’t scream.‎I didn’t wail.‎I didn’t even sob.‎‎I just… folded.‎‎My body leaned against the bed frame, forehead pr

‎The timer on my phone kept ticking even after the screen went dark.‎I didn’t follow the coordinates.‎‎Not that night.‎‎I lay on my bed staring at the ceiling, pipes clicking, wood settling, the distant hum of generators that had always been there and somehow now sounded like surveillance.‎‎Morning came anyway. It always does. Cruel like that.‎By the time I dragged myself downstairs, the house had already slipped back into its polished routine. Curtains open. Sunlight filtered just right. Breakfast laid out like a staged photograph. Nothing out of place. Nothing broken.‎Except me.‎‎Gregory was on a call, voice low and calm, pacing near the window like a man who believed he’d won. Evelyn stood at the counter, stirring tea she wasn’t drinking. She looked tired. Smaller.‎Then the doorbell rang.‎Once.‎‎Clean. Confident.‎I froze halfway down the stairs.‎Something in my chest tightened, the way it always did right before impact.‎Evelyn glanced toward the door. “Were you ex