BETWEEN LIFE AND WAR

CHAPTER 21: Everything felt far away.Muted.The world was like it was wrapped in silence.Pain still found me.At first it was faint.Then it got sharper.It pulled me back. Made me feel things.It made me breathe and exist.I took a breath in and it filled my lungs.It was unsteady and heavy.My fingers moved a little.Then I heard voices.They were. Familiar.Ethan said "She is losing a lot of blood."His voice was tight and controlled. I could tell he was about to lose it.Kieran said "We need to move "His voice was low and urgent.Ethan said "No she will not survive the transfer."Kieran said "We do not have a choice."There was silence for a moment.Then Ethan said "Move her."His voice was careful and decisive.My body was. Pain flared up right away.I let out a gasp.Ethan said "She is awake."My eyelids. Everything was blurry.I saw shapes and light and movement.Ethan said "Hey, stay with me."I tried to focus on his voice.I tried to hold on to it.I said "Did it work?"H

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THE WORLD AFTER TRUTH

CHAPTER 22: The world did not come to an end.It changed.That was even worse.I spent three days in that room.Three days of silence and recovery. Watching everything fall apart.Not just Blackwood, everything.I sat in the hospital bed with a tablet in my hands.The screen was filled with headlines.There were explosions of truth everywhere.Governments were denying everything.Companies were collapsing.Powerful people were being exposed.I scrolled through the news slowly.I was taking it all in.I was feeling it.This was what I had started.Ethan's voice brought me back."What are you looking at?" he asked.I looked up at him.He was standing by the door with his arms crossed.He was watching me carefully."Consequences " I said.He came closer."You should not be reading all that yet " he said."I need to understand what I did, " I replied.His jaw tightened a little."You exposed criminals, " he said."I messed up systems " I corrected him."Systems that needed to be broken,

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FIRST STRIKE

CHAPTER 23: I held the list in my hand.I did not let it go.Ethan and Kieran had stopped arguing.The room was quiet again.Everything had settled in.I still held the list.This was not about survival.The list was a hunt.I was done being the target.I said something finally.I broke the silence."They are not just names, " I said.Ethan leaned against the table.His arms were crossed."I know " he said.Kieran was near the window.He was watching the outside.He thought danger might walk in at any moment."They are pressure points " he said.I looked at him."Yes " I said.I turned the screen so they could see."These are the ones who are already moving " I said."They are the dangerous " I said.Ethan said something."And the most exposed " he said.I said "Exactly."There was silence.Then Kieran asked a question."Who " he said.He was straight to the point.Always.I looked at the list.I looked carefully.I looked for patterns.I looked for connections.I looked for weakness

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Semua Bab The Billionaire's Abused Bride: Bab 21 - Bab 23

BETWEEN LIFE AND WAR

THE WORLD AFTER TRUTH

FIRST STRIKE