All Chapters of Sold To The Scarred King: Chapter 131 - Chapter 140

The medical instrument lay on the trolley, barely an arm's length away. I stared at it, my heart pounding so hard that I could hear it in my ears. The guard holding me followed my gaze.“Don't even think about it.”I looked at him. “Then take me to Cassian.”“I told you to calm down.”“And I told you to take me to my husband!”He tightened his grip on my arm. Pain shot through my shoulder, but I barely noticed it. All I could think about was Cassian lying somewhere inside Helix, connected to machines that might kill him. Every second mattered. I couldn't stand here and do nothing. I couldn't let Vivienne decide that his life was an acceptable price for her ambition. I had to try.When the guard glanced toward his colleague, I twisted my arm and drove my elbow backward. He grunted and loosened his grip. I pulled free. I wasn't stronger than him; I knew that. My legs were trembling, and my pregnancy had made even simple movements more exhausting than before, but desperation gave me enou

The first thing I heard was a monitor's steady beeping. The second was my mother's voice.“Begin the procedure.”I kept my eyes closed. My wrists were secured to a metal table, and a series of electrodes had been attached to my head and chest. Something cold rested against the left side of my face, near the implant beneath my damaged skin. I could feel the machine waiting. A faint vibration passed through my skull, followed by a series of unfamiliar signals. They came too quickly to understand individually, but I recognized the pattern, a connection.After years of trying to escape what my father had built into me, I finally let Helix reach me, and my mother believed she had won.“His neurological readings are stabilizing,” a scientist announced.“Good,” Vivienne replied. “Proceed to the next stage.”I opened my eyes and white lights burned above me. Several scientists stood behind a glass panel, watching screens filled with data I had spent years trying to forget. Cables ran from the

The first alarm screamed through the facility before I reached the corridor. Red lights flashed overhead while doors slammed shut behind me. I heard frantic scientists shouting orders no one seemed able to follow. Helix was falling apart. Good.I pressed my palm against the wall, steadying myself as another wave of dizziness struck. The extraction process had barely begun, yet the connection between my implant and the system was already enough to turn the entire facility into a battlefield.The cameras above me turned as I approached. Their lenses adjusted following my movements. I looked directly at one. “Open the doors.”It took a second, then the lock clicked, and I pushed through. Two security guards stood at the far end of the corridor. One raised his weapon, but the electronic lock on the door beside him suddenly released. The heavy door swung outward, striking him hard enough to send him stumbling. His companion reached for his radio, but every communication device was already

“She may never wake up.”I couldn't understand what the doctor had said. I stared at him, waiting for him to correct himself, to explain that I had misunderstood, that they could do something else.“W…What do you mean, she may never wake up?”The doctor exhaled slowly. “Your wife has suffered severe trauma. Her body has been under tremendous stress, and the injuries she sustained have complicated her condition. We've managed to stabilize her for now, but she hasn't regained consciousness.”“Then do whatever you need to do to wake her up.”“Mr. Rooke—”“Is there a specialist you need? Someone outside this hospital? Name them, and I'll bring them here. If this hospital lacks the equipment, I'll have it delivered. If you need an entire team of neurologists, I'll get you one.”“Money isn't the issue.”“Then what is?”He hesitated. “The damage she's suffered is serious. She's fallen into a coma, and we cannot predict when or whether she'll regain consciousness. Some patients recover quickl

The last time Cassian Rooke entered Helix, he had been a prisoner. This time, he walked through its doors with armed men behind him and the entire facility at his mercy. Alarms and hurried footsteps filled the corridors. Security personnel moved from one checkpoint to another, securing the remaining laboratories while Tony's men escorted the surviving researchers into the interrogation rooms. Nobody was leaving until Cassian had what he came for."Sir, the technical team is waiting for you in the central laboratory," Tony reported, keeping pace beside him. "We've secured the servers, but several systems were wiped before we took control. The researchers claim they don't know what was deleted."Cassian's jaw tightened. "Then they can explain why they allowed it to happen.""Some are already asking for immunity in exchange for cooperation.""They can ask the courts."Tony nodded, and the elevator doors opened."Clear the laboratory," Cassian ordered as he stepped out. "I want only the t