Semua Bab Kidnapped by The Biker Gang Leader: Bab 21 - Bab 30

Selene’s POVThe fallout didn’t come like an explosion.It came like gravity.Subtle at first. A shift in the air pressure. Conversations shortening. Footsteps changing rhythm. People didn’t know what had happened yet—but they knew something had moved, and movement meant danger.I felt it in my bones as I walked through the compound that morning.Cassius stayed close, but not hovering. That, too, was different. He wasn’t guarding me anymore.He was bracing with me.“You good?” he asked quietly as we passed the armory.“No,” I said. “But I’m stable.”That earned a short huff of a laugh. “That’s new.”So was the summons that came ten minutes later.Not a message. Not a threat.An invitation.A runner approached—young, nervous, eyes refusing to meet mine. “Mr. Kane would like to see you. Now.”Cassius stiffened beside me.“I’ll go,” I said.“I’m coming.”This time, I didn’t argue.Kane had chosen the upper floor.Of course he had.Glass walls again. Height. Visibility. Control masqueradi

Selene’s POVThe first rule of consequence is that it never hits where you expect.If it did, it would just be punishment.I was in the operations room when the call came in—mid-sentence, mid-argument, mid-illusion that I still had time to adjust the board gently. Maps glowed on the walls, routes blinking as data updated in real time. Men were talking over one another, voices sharp but controlled.Cassius stood at my left shoulder. Close. Always close now.The radio crackled.Static first. Then breathing.Not panicked. Not rushed.That was what made the room go quiet.“—we have a situation at South Node,” the voice said finally. “Package was intercepted. One casualty.”Cassius straightened. “Who?”A pause.“Victor Hale.”The name landed like a dropped plate—sharp, unmistakable, impossible to ignore.My stomach didn’t lurch.It stilled.“How?” Cassius asked.“Single shot. Clean. Long range. No attempt to recover the body.”No theatrics. No message left behind.Just removal.The room er

Selene’s POVAlignment is louder than loyalty.Loyalty hides. It waits for orders. It fractures under pressure.Alignment moves without being told.By nightfall, I could feel it happening—not through reports or messages, but through absence. Certain men didn’t linger where they used to. Certain conversations happened without glancing over shoulders. Systems adjusted themselves before commands were issued.The board wasn’t obeying me.It was anticipating me.That realization should have terrified me.Instead, it settled like a weight finding its balance.Cassius noticed before anyone else. He always did.“You didn’t give that order,” he said quietly as we watched the south corridor clear faster than protocol required.“No,” I replied.“They still did it.”“Yes.”He turned to me slowly. “You’re becoming a reference point.”“That’s how this works,” I said. “Eventually.”“That’s not how Kane runs things.”“I’m not Kane.”He studied my face like he was mapping terrain he might someday have

Selene’s POVBetrayal doesn’t feel like a knife.It feels like recognition arriving a second too late.The compound held its breath after the non-purge. That was the tell. When violence is expected and doesn’t come, people don’t relax—they wait for the correction. Men slept with boots on. Guns stayed within reach. Conversations were clipped, careful, stripped of anything that could be replayed later as evidence of alignment.I spent the morning doing nothing extraordinary.That was deliberate.Power that moves too fast invites desperation. I needed to see who couldn’t tolerate the pause.Cassius shadowed me without hovering, a balance he’d learned quickly. We crossed the west wing together, exchanging quiet updates with people who now looked at me directly when they spoke instead of checking who stood behind me.That shift was still dangerous.“Jonah hasn’t checked in,” Cassius said under his breath.“How long?” I asked.“Six hours.”That was too long.Jonah had been precise. Predicta

Selene’s POVThe moment you think you’ve gained control, reality reminds you how fragile perception is.Kane’s response didn’t come through a message. It came as a ripple across the compound—small at first, almost imperceptible, like the vibrations of a predator walking over sand. The guards I’d relied on, the networks I’d calibrated, the alliances I’d carefully nudged into alignment—everything shifted subtly, almost surgically, in ways that screamed his signature.Cassius and I were in the operations room when it started. The screens flickered, not due to a technical glitch but because the network was being re-routed. Every sensor, every camera, every communication line was being accessed, scanned, and overwritten. That was Kane’s style—direct, but invisible until the consequences hit.“Not subtle,” Cassius muttered, leaning over my shoulder as the first anomalies popped up on the screens.“I never expected subtle,” I replied. My fingers flew across the console, tracing access points