Semua Bab I Married My Enemy to Destroy Him: Bab 181 - Bab 190

The scandal didn’t destroy Seraphina.It exposed everyone who had been hiding behind her.By evening, the city was burning with questions.Every screen carried the same headlines.WHO IS SERAPHINA VALE?THE WOMAN AT THE CENTER OF BLACK VEIL.VIRELLI FAMILY SECRETS EXPOSED.VALE NETWORK’S HIDDEN HISTORY REVEALED.The truth had gone public.But so had the lies.Seraphina stood before the wall of screens in the Vale command center, watching the world dissect her life.Her childhood photographs were everywhere.Her mother’s photographs.Her father’s disappearance.Her marriage to Lucien.The Virelli empire.Black Veil.Even the memories she had fought to recover were being discussed by strangers who knew nothing about her.Chloe’s voice suddenly came through the communication system.“Seraphina.”Seraphina froze.“Chloe?”“I’m here.”The relief nearly knocked the air from Seraphina’s lungs.“Where are you?”“I don’t know.”Chloe’s breathing was shaky.“I was moved after the broadcast.”“A

The explosion threw Seraphina into darkness.For one terrifying second, she couldn’t hear anything.Then she felt arms around her.Lucien.He had thrown himself over her.Concrete crashed around them.Dust filled her lungs.“Lucien!”“I’ve got you.”His voice was strained.Seraphina pushed against him.“Are you hurt?”“No.”A sharp breath escaped him.Then she felt something warm against her hand.Blood.“You’re lying.”“It’s nothing.”“Lucien!”He finally moved.A piece of metal was buried through his upper arm.Seraphina’s face went pale.“That’s not nothing.”He looked at her.“You’re alive.”“So are you.”“Then we’re fine.”Despite everything, she almost smiled.The building groaned.Her mother shouted from somewhere nearby.“Get out!”Adrian appeared through the smoke.“There’s a way through!”Lucien pulled the metal from his arm.Seraphina winced.“You’re insane.”“Probably.”He took her hand.“Come on.”They followed Adrian through the collapsing corridor.Behind them, the towe

The Virelli Estate burned like it had been waiting twenty-seven years for the flames.Seraphina stood outside the collapsing palace, staring at the fire.Her mother was unconscious.Marcus was bleeding.Her father and Chloe were still missing.And Lucien had been taken.Again.“No.”She shook her head.“No, no, no…”Adrian grabbed her shoulders.“Seraphina, we have to move.”She pushed him away.“My husband is in there.”“He’s not.”She looked at him.“What?”Adrian pointed toward the burning palace.“They took him before the fire started.”Seraphina’s eyes widened.“You’re sure?”“I saw Damien.”“Then why is he still inside?”“Because Damien wants us to believe he is.”Seraphina looked back at the flames.A section of the roof collapsed.The entire estate shook.Adrian pulled her away.“There’s nothing we can do now.”“There is always something.”She turned toward Nadia.“Get every Vale operative here.”Nadia looked uncertain.“How many?”“All of them.”“Seraphina, the city is alread

The first thing I noticed was the silence.Not the silence after a battle.This was different.It was the silence of people who had realized that the enemy was standing among them.I stared at the message glowing on the broken phone in my hand.COME TO SAINT MARIA’S ALONE.IF LUCIEN COMES WITH YOU, YOUR MOTHER DIES.My fingers tightened around the device.Lucien stood beside me, his face illuminated by the faint orange glow of the burning safe house behind us.“You’re not going alone.”I looked at him.“You didn’t read the second line?”“I did.”“Then you know what happens if you follow me.”His jaw tightened.“I also know what happens if you don’t.”Before I could answer, a gunshot cracked through the darkness.Everyone dropped.Lucien grabbed my waist and pulled me behind the remains of a stone wall.Another shot.A bullet struck the ground where I had been standing.“Sniper!” Nadia shouted.The Vale operatives scattered into defensive positions.I looked toward the surrounding tree

The gun was pointed straight at me.I couldn’t breathe.For a moment, I couldn’t even hear the shouting around me.I only saw the weapon.And the woman holding it.“Chloe…”Her hand trembled.Tears streamed down her face.“Seraphina, get down!”Lucien moved before I could.He stepped between us.The gun fired.Bang!Lucien’s body jerked.“LUCIEN!”He collapsed into my arms.Everything inside me shattered.I caught him before his head struck the ground.“Lucien!”His eyes fluttered.Blood spread across his shirt.Again.The same place.The same cursed place.My hands shook as I pressed against the wound.“No. No, no, no…”Chloe dropped the gun.“I didn’t mean to!”Adrian aimed his weapon at her.“You shot him!”“I wasn’t aiming at him!”“Then who were you aiming at?”Chloe stared at me.Her face crumbled.“You.”Silence.I stared at her.“You were trying to kill me?”“No!”She fell to her knees.“I was trying to stop them from taking you.”Nadia stepped forward.“Who?”Chloe looked tow