All Chapters of SEDUCTION AND STRATEGY : Chapter 11 - Chapter 15

The void swallowed Rhett whole.Not like a doorway.Not like falling.More like being devoured.His body stretched, bent, folded through dimensions he didn’t understand and wasn’t meant to survive. His bones split into light. His blood turned into sound. His heartbeat became a pulse felt across dead universes.And still—He pushed forward.Every step was agony, tearing him further apart.But he didn’t stop.Because somewhere ahead—Through endless screaming shadows—Alina was here.“Alina!”His voice echoed wrong, splitting into ten versions of itself.Some cried. Some growled. Some whispered.All of them were him.A twisted path formed beneath his feet—if it could be called a path. It writhed like a living serpent, shifting with each step, made of broken time, floating bones, and fragments of worlds that had died long before his existence.The air was cold.Not natural cold—A cold that ate memory.Each breath threatened to take something from him.His name.His past.Her face.Rhett

The engagement party was supposed to be a celebration—a display of wealth, power, and unity. Crystal chandeliers shimmered over polished marble floors, the soft hum of a string quartet filling the air, and guests draped in haute couture mingled beneath gilded ceilings. It was the perfect setting to showcase the union of Isabella Voss and Damian Moretti, a couple admired, envied, and feared in equal measure.But Isabella knew better. Every layer of luxury, every gleaming surface, every whispered toast was a potential trap. After the series of betrayals, near-fatal incidents, and shocking revelations about Kane’s network, she understood that the engagement was no longer just about love or strategy—it had become a battlefield.Damian appeared at her side, impeccably dressed in a tailored black tuxedo, mask angular and commanding. His gray eyes scanned the crowd, noting movements, gauging intent, and calculating risk. “Everything seems calm,” he murmured, voice low. “But calm is never wha