All Chapters of Sweet But a psycho: loving her craziness : Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

Kai refused to let the silence linger."Come on" he said, clapping his hands together. "Dinner starts in five minutes, and trust me, if you're late, you'll be eating whatever's left. Around here, that's usually hard enough to crack your teeth"Adriana looked up from the small pile of clothes she'd placed inside her locker."You talk a lot"Kai grinned proudly."I've been told it's one of my best qualities""I doubt that""So does Rex"Without waiting for another response, Kai led her out of the dormitory.The headquarters looked completely different after sunset.Floodlights illuminated the pathways while armed guards patrolled every corner. Men in black combat uniforms moved from building to building, laughing, arguing, or carrying weapons as though it were the most ordinary thing in the world.Kai continued talking without taking a single breath. Adriana shocks her head and sighs silently, she has been called a parrot by few but kia was worse than a parrot. For a split second she t

The scream echoed long after Adriana had fallen silent.It ripped across the empty training yard, struck the concrete walls surrounding the compound, then vanished into the forest beyond.Birds exploded from the nearby trees.A few recruits making their way toward the cafeteria paused mid-conversation, exchanging uneasy glances before continuing on.Adriana stood alone in the center of the arena.Her chest rose and fell in uneven breaths.Every inhale sent pain through her bruised ribs, but she welcomed it.Physical pain was easier to deal with than the humiliation still burning inside her.Failure.The wooden practice sword rested at her feet.She stared at it as though it had personally betrayed her."You won one round," she whispered through gritted teeth.Her fingers curled into fists."But you haven't won the war, no not at all"Footsteps crunched softly against the gravel behind her.Kai.He slowed when he saw her standing perfectly, ignoring Rex earlier warning."You okay?"No

The operation room was unusually tensed Kai noticed it the moment he stepped inside. Shivers ran down his spine as he made his way to his seat, the anxiety boiling in his heart made things worse. He felt like someone, shouldering the world's problem. Men stood along the walls, some checking their weapons while others studied the enormous screen mounted at the far end of the room. The atmosphere was tense, and the occasional low conversation did little to ease it.Something serious was happening.And judging by the expression on Lorenzo's face, someone was about to regret it.Lorenzo stood at the head of the table, dressed in black tactical clothing. His sleeves were rolled up, and a weapon rested against his chest. Beside him stood Herod, examining a series of photographs.Victor was pointing at a map.Rex's usual seat was empty.Kai glanced at it briefly.Of course. The one time I actually need you.He shifted his weight, immediately regretting it when pain shot through his ribs.H

l As the gang, prepared to move, Victor climbed into the vehicle ahead of Adriana and raised a hand, signalling the convoy to move.One by one, the engines roared to life.Adriana eased her foot onto the accelerator and followed the others out of the warehouse compound. The sky was beginning to lighten, a thin grey line spreading across the horizon, but dawn was still a long way from breaking.As the vehicles rolled through the deserted industrial roads, she kept her eyes fixed ahead.She didn't speak. She didn't turn around. She didn't do anything that might draw attention to herself.For once, silence was her greatest ally.The convoy reached the compound without further incident.The moment the gates swung open, the vehicles drove into the courtyard, where several men were already waiting. The shipment was unloaded under Herod's supervision, and the recovered crates were carried into the secured storage room.Adriana parked the vehicle and climbed out, stretching her stiff fingers

The rain showed no mercy.It came down in heavy sheets, hammering the courtyard and turning the once-neat walkways into shallow streams. The wind howled through the compound, rattling the windows and forcing the few men still moving around outside to hurry towards shelter.Yet, beside Lorenzo Russo's suite, Adriana remained on her knees.By now her fingers had gone numb. The cold had sweeped through her clothes, settling into her bones, while her knees throbbed from the unforgiving floor beneath them. Her short red hair, which she had carefully arranged before leaving the dorm, was now a complete disaster. Strands clung to her cheeks and forehead, plastered against her skin by the rain that had blown through the open corridor.She looked like a woman who had crawled out of a battlefield and was now seriously considering dragging the entire battlefield down with her.And perhaps she was."Psychopath," she muttered under her breath.A gust of wind swept through the corridor.She shiver