Todos os capítulos de THE BILLIONAIRE’S UNWANTED HEIR.: Capítulo 21 - Capítulo 30

Content Note: Contains intense scenes of medical experimentation and violence.POV: Elena"Get your hand off him!" I screamed, using every single ounce of strength left in my lungs to kick Nathaniel Vance straight in the mouth.My boot hit his jaw with a sick crunch. The old man gasped, losing his grip on Alexander's ankle and tumbling backward into the black river water as our rubber launch sank completely into the churning wake.Alexander didn't care about his grandfather hitting the water. He scrambled up the wet metal incline of the surgical ramp, his large, blood-soaked hands wrapping around my waist, pulling me off the cold steel table and holding me tight against his bare, bruised chest. His heartbeat was a wild, frantic hammering against my ear."Elena, stay still," he panted, his eyes dark with a protective fury as he glared at the woman in the clean medical coat. "Who the hell are you?"My mother didn't flinch as the heavy machine-gun fire from the flagship rattled off the h

POV: AlexanderMy fingers were buried deep into Vivian's throat. I could feel her windpipe groaning under my palm, her feet kicking wildly against my shins, but I didn't let go."Alex, look at the screen! Let her go!" Elena's voice was a ragged scream behind me. She was on her knees in her own blood, her hands dragging my leg, trying to pull me off. "He's going to kill them!"I looked down at the tablet on the wet steel deck. Lucas was staring straight into the camera lens, his hand hovering over the clear glass pod holding my sons. His thumb was resting right on the plunger of the digital syringe."Three seconds, brother," Lucas's voice came through the small tablet speaker, flat and devoid of any human feeling. "Three. Two..."I shoved Vivian away. She hit the wet submarine deck hard, coughing violently, her hands clutching her neck as she gasped for air."Good choice," Lucas said on the screen, stepping back from the pod. "Now, Commander, clear the deck. Bring Dr. Lin down to the m

POV: Alexander"You should have died in the river, Mark," I said, my voice low and dark as I pulled my hand away from Elena's bleeding palm.I didn't reach for a gun. I stepped right in front of the two glowing blue incubators, my body forming a solid wall between the camera lens on the wall and my family. The sub rocked hard under my boots, the heavy diesel auxiliary generators humming in the floorboards."I don't die easily, Chairman," Mark's voice crackled through the PA speaker, smooth and completely distant. "You know how the Cartel operates. We don't take sides in family rivalries. We simply collect the assets when the dust settles. You have fifteen seconds left on that timer.""Mark, look at me," Elena called out, stepping up right beside my elbow. Her left hand was wrapped in a strip of torn fabric from her shirt, fresh blood soaking through the cloth, but her posture was rigid. "You worked in my lab in Zurich for two years. You know the biological structure of those pods. If

POV: Alexander"You take one thumb off that button," I said, "and I will tear your remaining arm out of its socket."Arthur Sterling laughed, a wet, rattling sound that sprayed blood over his burned jaw. "Look at you, Alexander. Still acting like you own the room. You think I care if you kill me? My liver is shredded. My lungs are full of river salt. I'm dead in twenty minutes anyway."Behind the thick glass of the escape pod hatch, Elena was screaming. Her hands were pounding against the reinforced pane, her bloody palms leaving dark smears across the viewsite. Leo was right behind her, his small face pressed against the glass, his eyes wide and completely unblinking."Drop the detonator, Arthur," I growled, taking a slow step down the narrow steel pipe."Step back!" Arthur shrieked, his thumb pressing harder against the red plastic switch on the casing. A sharp electronic beep echoed in the narrow corridor. "You pull that manual release lever, and the spark hits the secondary fuel t

Alexander POV"You sold us out again, Julian!" I snarled.I didn't give him time to turn the key a second time. I drove my shoulder straight into his chest, pinning his back against the steel wall panel until the digital screen cracked under his spine. My left hand crushed his throat, choking off his air, while my right hand reached down to rip the heavy steel key out of the lock."Alex, don't!" Julian gasped, his eyes bulging as his hands clawed at my wrists. "You turn that key back... and the sub's auto-destruct triggers! It's hardwired into the navigation console!""Then we all sink right here," I growled, my face inches from his, the dark blue lines on my neck burning hot against my skin."Alex, let him talk," Elena said, her voice steady as she pushed herself up from the floorboards. She grabbed my arm, her fingers sinking into my bicep with a firm, grounding pressure. "Julian, look at me. Look at my eyes."Julian shifted his gaze toward her, his breath catching in his throat as