All Chapters of Living With the Boy Who Hated Me: Chapter 61 - Chapter 68

Aya's POVThe room became painfully quiet.Three folders lay across the table.I stared at them, expecting another revelation that would turn everything I knew upside down.Mara reached for the first folder."Before you open these, understand something."I looked at her."What?""Lucien wanted everyone investigating the Subject Program to become obsessed with identities."Callum frowned."Why?""Because confused people waste time asking who they really are instead of asking what was done to them."The words struck me harder than I expected.For days, that was exactly what had happened.Subject Three.Guardian Protocol.Missing records.Hidden files.Every discovery had made me question another piece of my family.Mara pushed the folders toward me."Eleanor figured that out."I opened the first.There were no photographs of secret siblings.No altered birth certificates.No shocking names.Just reports.I began reading.SUBJECT THREEPRIMARY TARGET: AYA RHODESOBJECTIVE: PSYCHOLOGICAL C

Aya's POVThe lock clicked.Nobody moved.The message remained on my phone.I'M ALREADY INSIDE.Outside, Lucien stood beside the black vehicles.Inside, someone had just locked us in.Callum reacted first.He grabbed the handle and pulled.Nothing."Move."Alastair stepped forward and kicked the door beside the lock.Once.Twice.The wood cracked, but the door held."Again," Callum said."I know how doors work."Under any other circumstances, they probably would have started arguing.Tonight, I was grateful they were both focused on the same enemy.Mara moved toward the window."Lucien's men aren't approaching."I looked outside.She was right.They had formed a perimeter around the cottage.Waiting."Why aren't they coming in?"Margaret's face tightened."Because they don't need to."Callum stopped kicking the door."What does that mean?"Margaret looked toward the ceiling."Listen."At first, I heard nothing.Then—Hissssss.A faint sound came through the air vent.Mara covered her

Aya's POV"Brinkley Academy."Callum was already moving.I followed him into the corridor.Behind us, Detective Cruz secured Thomas Hale while two officers freed Helena and Evelyn.Thomas had given us what we needed.Lucien wasn't hiding.He was destroying evidence.And Brinkley Academy was next."Aya."Alastair caught up with me."I'm coming.""No."His expression darkened."Don't start.""You were nearly turned into Lucien's weapon a few hours ago.""And I'm still standing.""Barely.""Still counts."Callum looked back."Let him come."I stared at him."Whose side are you on?""Currently? The side that gets us there before Lucien burns the place down."Annoyingly reasonable.Detective Cruz approached."I'll send officers.""No radios," Callum said.She nodded."Agreed. Thomas proved their network is still compromised."Helena stepped toward us.Her wrists were bruised from the restraints."There's another entrance."Callum stopped."To the academy?""Under the old auditorium."His e

Aya's POVVictoria had the Living Ledger.And she was running.We left the command center before Thomas Hale could say another word.Detective Cruz drove.Callum sat beside me in the back seat while Alastair rode in front.Two unmarked police vehicles followed at a distance.No sirens.No radios.No warnings.If Victoria still had people inside law enforcement, we weren't giving them time to call her."How far?" Cruz asked."About twenty minutes," Callum answered. "Maybe less.""We don't have twenty minutes.""I know."Cruz pressed harder on the accelerator.I stared at the photograph on my phone.Victoria stood beside the black car, the silver case in her hand.The Living Ledger.Names.Accounts.Safe houses.Operatives.People still working for the Benefactors today.If we got that case, the Council couldn't simply disappear and rebuild.Callum touched my knee."You've been staring at that photograph for ten minutes.""I'm looking for something we missed.""We know where she is.""T