All Chapters of THE BILLIONAIRE'S BROKEN HEIR: Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

POV: ScarlettThe words refused to settle.You were the experiment.Scarlett stared at her mother as though the floor had dissolved beneath her feet. The corridor lights suddenly felt blinding, the walls too close, the air too thin.“No,” she whispered.Her breath came in shallow, frantic bursts.“No. That’s not possible.”Her mother’s eyes shimmered with raw, aching pain. “I wish it weren’t true.”Scarlett shook her head violently, her pulse roaring like thunder in her ears. “This is another lie,” she said, her voice cracking. Her gaze snapped toward Alexander, sharp as a blade. “Another one of your tricks.”Alexander leaned against the glass wall with infuriating ease, arms loosely crossed. “If I wanted to trick you, Scarlett, I wouldn’t have brought her here.”Dominic stepped forward, positioning himself partially between her and Alexander. His voice was low, steady, protective. “Then start explaining. Now.”Scarlett’s mother exhaled slowly, her shoulders slumping under the weight

POV: ScarlettThe Genesis core screamed around her.Blue fractures raced across its surface like lightning trapped in glass. The room shuddered violently. Dust rained from the ceiling in choking clouds. Alarms blared through the entire facility, a deafening wail of warning.But all Scarlett could hear was the voice inside her head.Choose.Destroy it.Or merge with it.Save everyone.But lose yourself.Her heart hammered so hard it hurt.No.Not again.She refused to let another machine carve pieces out of her.Outside the barrier, Dominic was still locked in combat with Alexander, fists flying. Victor’s voice tore over the alarms. “Scarlett, the system is still syncing!”The main screen flashed blood red:GENESIS LINK_ 91%Too close.Far too close.Her breathing came sharp and ragged.Then Dominic’s voice cut through the storm. “Scarlett!”She turned. For one electric second, his eyes found hers through the glowing field steady, certain, burning with absolute trust. He didn’t tell he

POV: ScarlettThe words on the screen seared into her retinas like a brand.GENESIS HOST MATCH CONFIRMEDNo.Her breath snagged in her throat.The white glow from the vault surged, flooding the server room in merciless, clinical light. Rows of black monoliths hummed louder, a low chorus of a thousand digital voices whispering at once.Scarlett felt it again, that insidious pull, the familiar pressure blooming behind her eyes.The machine had found her.Again.Her hands curled into tight fists until her knuckles ached.No.Not this time.Never again.Dominic stepped in front of her, shoulders rigid, every line of his body coiled with protective fury. His voice dropped low and dangerous. “Shut it down.”Alexander offered a faint, almost pitying smile. “You still think this is about shutting something down?” He paused. “This is evolution.”Scarlett’s jaw tightened. “Call it whatever you want.” Her eyes locked on the glowing vault with lethal focus. “It dies tonight.”Victor rushed to the

POV: ScarlettEverything went white.Not light. Not a room. Just an endless, sterile expanse of nothing.Scarlett blinked slowly, disoriented. The chaos of the server room had vanished,no alarms, no voices, no Dominic. Only silence. Cold. Deep. Unnatural.Her breath caught in her throat.No.She knew this place.The same void Genesis had dragged her into before. The place that lived between her mind and its own.A voice echoed around her, soft and elegant, terrifying in its calm.“Welcome back, Scarlett.”She turned sharply.The founder stood a few steps away,silver hair, pale skin, eyes like fractured glass. Her white dress drifted as if submerged in invisible water.Scarlett’s hands clenched into fists. “I’m not staying.”The woman smiled faintly. “Everyone says that.” A pause. “But everyone stays.”No.Scarlett’s jaw tightened. “I’m not everyone.”The white space rippled like disturbed water.Floating mirrors materialized around them, each one reflecting fragments of Scarlett’s lif

POV: ScarlettMorning light sliced through the archive building’s tall windows like a blade, laying bare the ruin it had left behind. Burned wires hung in blackened loops. Shattered glass glittered across the floor like frost that refused to melt. Every screen was dark, every console dead. In the center of the devastation, the cradle that had once housed Genesis stood empty, only a faint scorch mark on the floor where the core had been.Scarlett stood motionless among the wreckage, letting the silence pour into her. For the first time in years, her mind was quiet. Not hollow. Not fractured. Simply, blessedly, hers. She closed her eyes and drew a breath that tasted of smoke and freedom.“Enjoy it while it lasts.”Victor’s voice cut through the hush. Scarlett opened her eyes. He leaned against a ruined terminal, arms folded, his face carved into the kind of seriousness that always preceded bad news.Her chest tightened. “What do you mean?”He hesitated, then spoke anyway. “Systems like