All Chapters of Love wasn't in the contract: Chapter 131 - Chapter 140

Chapter 13200:39:12The elevator climbed in silence.No one spoke.No one moved.The hum of machinery was the only sound inside the small metal box as it carried Damon, Luca, and Isabella higher and higher into the tower.Toward answers.Toward the truth.Toward the woman Vale had hidden for twenty-three years.Damon stared at the glowing numbers above the elevator doors.His reflection stared back.Tired.Bruised.Older than he remembered.The past few days had changed him.The island had changed him.The truth about Luca had changed him.Everything felt different now.Nothing was simple anymore.Not his past.Not his future.Not his feelings.Especially not those.Beside him, Luca leaned against the wall with his arms folded.Calm on the surface.Tense underneath.Damon knew him well enough now to see the difference.Luca's jaw was clenched.His shoulders rigid.His eyes fixed on the floor.He was worried.Not about himself.About Damon.As usual.The realization made something war

Chapter 13400:24:57The countdown glowed on every screen.00:24:5700:24:5600:24:55Each second felt like a hammer striking against Damon's chest.Twenty-five minutes.Less than twenty-five minutes.That was all the time they had left to save thousands of children.The reality settled heavily over the room.Nobody spoke for several moments.The monitors continued displaying live feeds from across the island.Children being moved through underground tunnels.Guardians securing checkpoints.Emergency sirens echoing everywhere.Ascension had already begun.And somewhere beneath them, Vale was waiting.Preparing.Watching.Smiling.Damon hated that smile.He hated how calm she always seemed.How she could stand in the middle of unimaginable suffering and act as though everything was under control.As though people were pieces on a board.As though lives were numbers.Sophia moved toward the central monitor.Her expression hardened.For the first time since they had met her, she didn't l

Chapter 13600:18:02The emergency lights painted the corridors red.Sirens wailed without pause.Somewhere deep beneath the island, massive machines groaned to life, shaking the walls beneath Damon's feet.Ascension was waking up.Every second counted.Damon and Luca ran side by side through the narrow corridor, Isabella only a few steps behind them. None of them spoke.There wasn't anything left to say.Not after what had happened.Not after the confession.Not after finally choosing each other.Their feelings hadn't made the mission easier.If anything, it made the stakes even higher.Now they had someone they couldn't bear to lose.They reached a heavy blast door marked SECTOR C – CENTRAL TRANSIT.Sophia's access card was still clutched tightly in Damon's hand.He slid it into the security panel.The scanner flashed red.ACCESS DENIED"What?" Isabella frowned.Damon tried again.Another beep.ACCESS DENIEDLuca immediately stepped toward the terminal."Move."His fingers flew acro

Chapter 138The Heart of the Island00:12:43The station erupted into chaos.The automated turrets unleashed a relentless storm of bullets, chewing through concrete pillars and showering the platform with sparks and debris.Children screamed.Parents those old enough to remember being parents before the Program stole everything threw themselves over the younger ones."Move!" Damon roared.He grabbed two children and pushed them behind the armored transport train.Luca was already moving.His knives flashed through the air.One.Two.Three.The blades struck the nearest turret, jamming its rotating mechanism. It sparked violently before exploding.Another turret locked onto a group of children.Before it could fireBang!Nova's shot shattered its targeting lens."Get them on the train!" she shouted.Hale and Mira immediately ushered the children into the open carriages.Cassian climbed onto the roof of the train."I've always wanted to do something dramatic!""Now?" Nova yelled."When

Chapter 14000:03:00The Core shook violently.Steel groaned.Warning sirens changed pitch.The steady blue glow that had illuminated the chamber for decades flickered, then dimmed.Across every monitor, red warning messages flashed.GENESIS OFFLINEASCENSION ABORTEDEMERGENCY EVACUATION IN PROGRESSFor one heartbeatNo one moved.Vale stared at the screens.At the warnings.At the system she had spent thirty years building.It was slipping through her fingers."No..."The whisper was barely audible."No..."She backed away from the console.Shaking her head."This can't be happening."Damon watched her quietly.There was no triumph in his expression.No satisfaction.Only sadness.Because standing before him wasn't a genius.Or a monster.It was a woman who had spent so long chasing perfection that she had forgotten how to love.Vale looked up at him.Her eyes were wild now.Desperate."You don't understand!"Her voice echoed through the chamber."I gave everything for this!""My car