A TALL HORNY STRANGER のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 61 - チャプター 70

61ON EDGE ARIAThe room remained silent for a moment longer.Then one of the guards spoke.“I’ll send someone to retrieve whatever he left.”Luca nodded.“Carefully.”The guard left immediately.I exhaled slowly, only now realizing how tense my body had become.“That’s it?” I asked.“For now.”“That was their attack?”“No.”“Then what was it?”Luca finally turned away from the monitors and looked at me.“That was their introduction.”I frowned.“They blew up a car, shot your cameras, and left something at the gate. That’s a pretty violent introduction.”“Yes.”“But they still haven’t tried to take you.”The words settled uneasily in my mind.“They’re playing with us.”“Not exactly.”“Then what are they doing?”Luca’s expression grew more serious.“They’re showing us how close they can get.”Before I could respond, the guard returned.He carried a small envelope sealed with dark red wax.“Found this by the gate.”Luca took it.For a moment he studied the seal.Then he broke it open a

63CRACKS AT SUNRISEARIAMorning didn’t feel like morning.When I opened my eyes, sunlight spilled softly through the tall windows, stretching across the room in warm golden lines. It should have felt peaceful—beautiful, even—but the memory of last night sat heavy in my chest, dulling any comfort the light tried to bring.For a moment, I didn’t move.I just lay there, staring at the ceiling, listening.The house was quiet.Not the eerie, tense quiet of the night before—but something calmer. Controlled. Like a storm had passed, but the air still remembered it.I pushed myself up slowly, rubbing my eyes as I tried to shake off the restless sleep. My body felt heavy, like I hadn’t fully rested at all.Fragments of the night came rushing back.The explosion.The man with the rifle.The message.One night closer.A shiver ran through me.I got out of bed and walked toward the window. Outside, the estate looked completely untouched—calm, pristine, almost too perfect for a place that had be

65SENTRY VEHICLE ARIAThe man handed him a tablet.I stepped closer, curiosity pulling me in despite the knot forming in my stomach.“What is it?” I asked.Luca angled the screen slightly so I could see.A grainy image filled the display.A car.Dark-colored.Parked briefly along the roadside.The same one from last night.“You got the plate?” Luca asked.“Partial,” the man replied. “But we enhanced it.”He tapped the screen.The image zoomed slightly.The license plate became clearer.Not perfect.But enough.Luca’s expression shifted almost imperceptibly.“Run it,” he said.“Already on it.”The man stepped back again, pulling out his phone to make a call.I looked at Luca.“You’re really going to track them from that?” I asked him. “It’s a start.” he said. “And when you find them? What will you do?"He glanced at me.“You already asked that.”“And you didn’t really answer.”Luca’s lips curved faintly.“That’s because you already know.”I didn’t like how right that felt.A few mi

67CREATING PRESSUREARIALuca pushed away from the counter and stepped closer to me.“What would you suggest?”I hesitated.Then—“We stop reacting.”He tilted his head slightly.“Go on.”“We’re waiting for them to make moves,” I said. “We’re letting them set the pace.”“That’s how information is gathered.”“And it’s also how you lose control.”Luca watched me more closely now.“So what’s your alternative?”I took a breath.“We force them out.”His expression shifted—subtle, but noticeable.“That’s risky.”“So is waiting.”“Yes,” he admitted.“But at least this way we’re doing something.”Luca studied me in silence for a few seconds.Then—A faint, approving smile appeared.“Interesting.”“That’s not an answer.”“It means I’m considering it.”“Good.”He turned slightly, walking back toward the monitors.“Because you’re right about one thing.”“What?”“We can’t let them control the pace.”I followed him.“So what do we do?”Luca tapped a few controls, bringing up a different set of im

69AFTERMATHARIAThe silence after the gunfire felt heavier than the noise itself.For several seconds, I couldn’t move.Couldn’t breathe properly.Couldn’t think.My eyes remained locked on the monitors, watching as Luca and his men secured the area outside. One of the guards kicked the fallen weapon away from the nearest attacker while another checked for any sign of movement.There was none.Both men lay still.The reality of it hit me slowly.They were dead.Because of me.A sharp wave of nausea rose in my stomach.I stepped back from the console, my hand instinctively covering my mouth as I tried to steady my breathing.This wasn’t like the explosion.This wasn’t a warning shot.This was real.Final.Irreversible.Footsteps approached behind me.I turned.One of the guards stood at the doorway.“Miss, you should stay here.”His tone wasn’t harsh.But it wasn’t gentle either.It was practical.Controlled.Just like everything else in this house.“I need to see him,” I said.“He’l