Lahat ng Kabanata ng I Married My Enemy to Destroy Him: Kabanata 231 - Kabanata 240

The first thing I remembered was the sound of glass breaking.The second was Lucien shouting my name.“Seraphina!”I opened my eyes.I was back inside the Sovereign chamber.The red lights were gone.The ancient symbols had disappeared.Gabriel was nowhere to be seen.But Lucien was standing over me.His face was pale.“You’re awake.”I pushed myself upright.“What happened?”“You collapsed.”“How long?”“Less than a minute.”I looked around.My mother was kneeling beside the console.Her hands were shaking.“Where is Gabriel?”“Gone,” she whispered.I stood.“We can’t let him escape.”Lucien grabbed my wrist.“Wait.”I looked at him.“There is something more important.”“What?”He pointed toward the main screen.A message was still displayed.GABRIEL VALE WAS NEVER THE MASTER.I remembered the man inside the darkness.The true creator.The ancient bloodline.The unknown threat.Then I remembered something else.Victor Hale.My eyes narrowed.“Victor.”Lucien’s expression changed.“Wh

The needles dropped from the ceiling.Lucien moved before I could scream.He threw himself in front of me.Metal needles slammed into the floor where my body had been.“Lucien!”“Stay behind me!”More needles fired.He pulled me across the archive as another volley struck the walls.The masked man stood at the entrance, watching calmly.“You cannot protect her forever.”Lucien raised his weapon.“Watch me.”He fired.The bullet struck the man’s shoulder.The man staggered backward.But he didn’t fall.Instead, he laughed.Then the doors sealed completely.Nadia ran toward the control panel.“I’m locked out!”“Break it.”“I can’t!”Daniel joined her.“There’s no external override.”The masked man pressed something on his wrist.The machines activated again.This time, they weren’t targeting me.They targeted Lucien.He barely moved before metal restraints shot from the walls and wrapped around his arms.“Lucien!”I ran toward him.“Don’t!”He struggled against the restraints.“Get away

The words on the screen refused to disappear.FINAL DEAL — ACTIVE.PAYMENT DUE: SERAPHINA’S BLOOD.For several seconds, nobody moved.Then Lucien turned toward me.“Your father promised them your blood?”I swallowed hard.“I don’t know.”Victor coughed from the floor, blood staining his shirt. “He did.”Lucien’s expression hardened.“Tell me everything.”Victor looked at him.“I already told her.”“No.” Lucien stepped closer. “You told her the deal existed. You didn’t tell us who was supposed to collect the payment.”Victor’s eyes shifted toward the shattered windows.“That,” he whispered, “is the part that will destroy everything.”A gunshot exploded somewhere below us.Everyone ducked.Nadia shouted, “They’re on the lower floors!”The tower shook as another explosion ripped through the building.Chloe screamed from the corridor.I ran toward her.“Seraphina, wait!” Lucien shouted.I ignored him.I found Chloe pressed against the wall, with two armed men advancing toward her.I raise

The basement doors slammed shut.The sound echoed through the abandoned hospital like a death sentence.I looked from my mother to Marcus, then to Lucien.The masked leader had given us a choice.But I knew immediately that there was no choice.This was designed to break us.“Choose,” he repeated.Lucien stepped in front of me.“No.”The man tilted his head.“You misunderstand.”“I understand perfectly.”Lucien raised his weapon.“You want her.”The masked man smiled.“Finally.”Every gun in the room pointed at us.Alina shouted, “Lucien, don’t!”Too late.The lights went out.Gunfire erupted.I felt Lucien grab my hand.“Stay with me!”I followed him blindly through the darkness.Someone screamed.A body crashed against the wall.Then the emergency lights returned.Lucien was gone.“Lucien?”No answer.“Lucien!”I turned.Victor stood behind me.His face was pale.“Where is he?”Victor didn’t answer.“Where is Lucien?”He grabbed my arm.“Seraphina, we have to go.”I pulled away.“No

Lucien’s gun was pointed directly at Victor.For one terrifying second, nobody moved.Victor stared at him.“You survived.”Lucien’s expression didn’t change.“Barely.”I stepped between them.“Lucien, wait.”His eyes found mine.The coldness disappeared for half a second.Then he looked at Victor again.“He lied to you.”Victor didn’t deny it.I turned toward him.“Tell me.”Victor looked at the gun.Then at me.“I will.”“Everything.”He nodded.“Everything.”Lucien lowered his weapon slightly.“Start with why you captured her.”Victor took a breath.“Because I was ordered to.”“By Richard?”Victor shook his head.“Not this time.”My heart tightened.“Then who?”Victor looked directly at me.“Your mother.”Silence.I felt as if the room had shifted beneath my feet.“My mother?”“Yes.”Lucien’s jaw tightened.“Alina ordered you to kidnap my wife?”“She ordered me to keep Seraphina away from the people who were coming for her.”“That doesn’t explain the restraints.”“It was the only w