Lahat ng Kabanata ng I Married My Enemy to Destroy Him: Kabanata 151 - Kabanata 160

The heartbeat beneath Virelli Tower stopped.For one terrifying second, the entire building became silent.Then every light on the forty-second floor turned red.THUMP.The floor trembled beneath Seraphina’s feet.THUMP.Lucien grabbed her hand.Another pulse traveled through the building, stronger this time.THUMP.The mysterious girl stood several feet away, staring at the floor as if she could hear something none of them could.“It’s awake,” she whispered.Seraphina’s blood ran cold.“What is?”The girl slowly raised her eyes.“The thing beneath us.”A scream suddenly echoed from the corridor.Then another.Then gunfire.Lucien’s expression hardened.“Stay here.”Seraphina tightened her grip on his hand.“No.”“Seraphina—”“We go together.”His jaw clenched, but he nodded.They ran toward the sound.The moment they reached the executive corridor, Seraphina stopped.Blood covered the marble floor.Bodies lay scattered outside the boardroom.Executives.Security officers.Two of Luci

The girl’s eyes turned completely black.Seraphina forgot how to breathe.The Crown inside her chest pulsed once.Then again.And every time it pulsed, the mysterious girl seemed to grow stronger.“Stay away from her,” Lucien’s voice echoed faintly through Seraphina’s mind.But his voice was fading.“Lucien!”Seraphina rushed toward the opening where he had disappeared.Nothing.Only darkness.The platform was gone.Dr. Elias Vane stood calmly beside the empty shaft.“Bring him back.”Seraphina’s voice shook with rage.Vane smiled.“That depends on your choice.”She raised her weapon.“I don’t make choices for monsters.”“No.”Vane looked at the black-eyed girl.“You make choices for people you love.”The girl suddenly screamed.The sound wasn’t human.Every piece of glass remaining in the boardroom exploded.Seraphina covered her face.When she lowered her arm, the girl was standing directly in front of her.Too fast.The girl’s fingers closed around Seraphina’s wrist.The Crown igni

The voice coming from the girl’s mouth was not human.It was Isolde’s.“You should never have chosen love.”Seraphina stepped in front of Lucien.“Get away from her.”The girl’s black eyes flickered.For one brief second, her own eyes returned.“Seraphina…”Then they vanished again.The girl smiled.“She belongs to me.”Lucien slowly stood.“No.”Isolde laughed through the girl.“You think removing the Crown from you made you free?”Lucien looked at his wrist.The black veins were gone.“Yes.”“You’re wrong.”The lights came back on.The chamber was empty.The girl had disappeared.So had Vane.Only one thing remained on the floor.A small black card.Seraphina picked it up.There was a single name written on it.VICTOR VALELucien’s expression hardened.“He’s still alive.”Seraphina stared at the card.“Where?”The answer came from behind them.“I was wondering when you’d ask.”They turned.Victor stood in the doorway.His suit was torn.Blood stained one side of his face.But his ey

The door slammed shut behind me.For several seconds, I couldn’t hear anything except my own breathing.Cold air pressed against my skin. The room smelled of damp concrete, rust, and something metallic that made my stomach twist.Blood.I slowly opened my eyes.A single light hung from the ceiling, flickering every few seconds.I was sitting on a metal chair.My wrists were tied behind my back.My ankles were chained to the chair legs.And across from me stood Victor.He wasn’t alone.Two armed men stood behind him.But Victor’s attention wasn’t on me.He was staring at the thick steel door.Waiting.“For what?” I asked.Victor finally looked at me.“For Lucien.”My heart stopped.“What did you do to him?”Victor smiled.“Nothing you haven’t already done.”I pulled against the restraints.“Where is he?”“Alive.”The relief lasted less than a second.“Where?”Victor stepped closer.“You really care about him.”I said nothing.He crouched in front of me.“That’s your weakness, Seraphina

The photograph wouldn’t leave my mind.My mother.The old woman beside her.And the message from the unknown number.COME ALONE IF YOU WANT HER TO LIVE.My fingers tightened around the phone.“Seraphina?”Lucien’s voice pulled me back.I looked up.He was watching me from the passenger seat, his face pale beneath the dried blood on his cheek.“What did they send you?”I hesitated.Then I showed him.His expression hardened.“No.”I frowned.“You don’t even know what I’m going to say.”“I know exactly what you’re thinking.”He reached for my phone.“You’re not going alone.”“Lucien—”“No.”His voice was firm.“I almost lost you tonight. I’m not letting Victor take you again.”Damian shifted in the back seat.“She’s right about one thing.”Lucien glanced at him through the mirror.Damian continued.“If Victor is threatening that woman, he knows exactly how Seraphina will react.”“And?”“And he’ll be expecting us to follow her.”I stared at Damian.“Then what do we do?”He looked at the