All Chapters of Rise from Fire and Steel: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Later, Alanna was lucky enough to be paired with a relatively competent partner, but during a collision test, she was falsely accused by a rival and banned from competition for a year.She had devoted herself to climbing the ranks to become a race organizer, to give everyone a fair chance. Yet, she was dealt a tough card again.After she was assigned Jack Foyt as her partner, she often complained to me about his poor sense of direction. Many times, he had nearly taken the wrong path, putting both car and driver at risk.I didn’t want her in danger, so I hired her as my navigator at three times the market rate.I was an independent driver with my own company, preferring solitude to working in a large team. On the track, I had always been alone, but I enjoyed having Alanna by my side.She had accepted my offer cheerfully. Yet later, perhaps due to Jack, she grew distracted and never joined me on the track anymore.She and Jack began exchanging messages and small gifts frequ

Then Jack lowered his voice, “We only tampered with Lewis’s gearbox. “It would slow the car down, nothing more.”Alanna nodded. “That’s true.”She took out her phone again, unlocked it, and opened our chat window.I still hadn’t sent her a message.A passerby returning from the scene walked past them, his face pale with shock. “It was horrible. That driver died so miserably.“His whole body shattered. Falling from two hundred meters…He looked like someone who had been thrown into a compactor. “There’s barely anything left that resembles a person.”Unease flickered across Alanna’s face.“Should I drive over and take a look?” Jack asked.Alanna struggled inwardly, then answered coldly, “No. Why would we look? It’ll ruin my appetite later.”Their car sped away, and the two of them pushed the matter out of their minds.They finally stopped in front of a restaurant.The owner seemed familiar with them from the moment they entered, greeting Jack with a warm smile.“Brought

Jack stepped forward, raising his voice, “She had tampered with his car!”Alanna looked at him in disbelief.The crowd’s eyes grew redder, their shouting louder.But Jack continued, “She did it for Lewis’s own good. “Before the race, Lewis modified the sway bar inside his car illegally!“Alanna didn’t want to watch him keep making mistakes, so she altered his car. “But she didn’t expect that he would still insist on going his own way.”The onlookers exchanged glances, as if weighing the truth of his words.Lionel’s body trembled with anger. “Impossible! Lewis would never do something like that! “In every race, he never stoops to such despicable acts.”“Do you understand him better, or does his fiancée?” Jack sneered, turning his gaze toward Alanna.The others also looked to her, waiting for her answer.Alanna was my fiancée, so naturally, her words carried more weight.Yet she looked lost. Jack leaned close to her ear and whispered, “I’m sorry, but this is the only

Alanna acted as if she hadn’t heard anything. Her gaze stayed fixed on the video, her eyes reddening as if stirred by some unspoken thought.Lionel had only guessed half of it. The call had indeed been for Alanna, but not because I had discovered her tampering.To be honest, until the very second before I dialed, I never suspected she wanted to harm me.When the call connected, I told Alanna that I might die, that I would try to survive, but if something truly happened to me, she should forget me and live well.Unfortunately, I managed only the first sentence before Alanna cut me off.“Stop. I know you’ve already figured it out, but I had no choice. “Winning this rally doesn’t mean much to you, but Jack is about to retire—this is his last chance.“I only touched your gearbox. You wouldn’t be able to accelerate, but it was still enough for you to finish safely.”The words I had prepared died in my throat. Even at that moment, I still struggled to believe Alanna would do t

It was probably the first time Alanna had seen Jack so fierce and imposing. For a moment, she froze, her voice faltering.“I can’t stand it,” she said, her tone weak. “They’re all questioning Lewis’s past race results.”“So what?” Jack said softly, perhaps realizing he had spoken too harshly earlier. “Lewis is already dead. What outsiders say is their business. “What we have to do is look after ourselves. You’ve barely escaped suspicion. No matter what happens, don’t wade into this mess again.”Alanna’s tone rose with uncharacteristic emotion. “But Lewis never did any of those things! If I don’t defend him, more people will slander him, and all the effort he put in will become a joke.“We only wanted to make him lose this championship, and he ended up dying horribly. “How can we ignore the lies about him? He wouldn’t rest in peace if we stayed silent.”I leaned back in a nearby chair, astonished that Alanna could say such things. I had assumed she felt nothing over m