《My Rival Alpha Knows I'm an Omega》全部章節：第 11 章 - 第 20 章

The call had lasted less than thirty seconds.Yet it changed everything.“They have my father.”The words lingered between Ronan and me as the engineering room buzzed with controlled chaos. Officers moved in and out carrying evidence bags. Technicians photographed the abandoned stretcher again. Inspector Voss spoke quietly into her radio, ordering roadblocks around the city.No one knew Sebastian Vale had been kidnapped.Not yet.I slipped the phone into my pocket.“We're not telling them,” I said.Ronan studied me.“You're certain?”“If the kidnappers have someone inside this building, announcing it only helps them.”He nodded once.“For the first time tonight, I completely agree with you.”Marcus approached, looking exhausted.“The police are requesting another statement.”“They'll have to wait.”His eyes widened.“Adrian...”“Marcus.”He stopped talking.I rarely used his first name during business hours.“I need you to do something for me.”“Anything.”“Quietly review every employ

No one breathed.The voice outside the office was flawless.Steady.Controlled.Unmistakably my father's.“Adrian.”Three more measured knocks echoed through the room.“Open the door.”Marcus's voice crackled through the phone still pressed against my ear.“Chairman? Are you still there?”I slowly lowered the phone.“Yes.”“What happened?”I kept my eyes fixed on the office door.“My father is outside.”Marcus laughed nervously.“That... that's impossible.”“I know.”Ronan silently reached into his jacket.Instead of a weapon, he removed his phone and opened the camera.“What are you doing?” I whispered.“If that's an impersonator, I want his face.”Another knock.This time harder.“Adrian.”The voice carried the same calm authority that had shaped my childhood.“You're wasting time.”Every instinct inside me wanted to unlock the door.It wasn't logic.It was conditioning.My father had spent twenty-four years teaching me never to ignore his orders.Whoever stood outside knew that.Ro

My phone felt heavier than the silver key in my pocket.Don't open the safe.He's standing beside you.Seven people stood within ten feet of the concealed safe.Seven faces.Seven expressions.Any one of them could be watching me.I locked my phone without replying.If the sender could see me, I wasn't about to let them know they'd succeeded in rattling me.Inspector Mara Voss stepped toward the safe.“Can anyone identify this lock?”One of the firefighters shook his head.“It isn't commercial.”The security chief leaned closer.“Neither is the keypad.”Ronan remained silent.I knew that look.He wasn't studying the safe.He was studying the people around it.“Everyone step back,” Voss ordered.No one argued.Even Chairman Hale took two measured steps away.Too measured.Almost as though he already knew the safe wasn't dangerous.Voss turned toward me.“Chairman Vale.”“Yes?”“You've been staring at that safe since we found it.”“I've been wondering why it was hidden.”“You have any i

The archive fell silent.No one moved.The officer stood in the doorway, chest heaving as another distant gunshot echoed through Silverfang Tower.“They're asking for Subject A-01.”Inspector Mara Voss reacted first.“How many?”“We counted at least twelve.”“Tactical gear?”“Yes.”“Police?”“No markings.”Mercenaries.The word settled over the room without anyone saying it aloud.Chairman Hale stepped back instinctively.“This building has private security.”“They've already engaged them,” the officer replied. “The east lobby is lost.”Marcus looked at me.“They came here for you.”“No,” Ronan said.“They came for what's inside the safe.”I looked at the scanner.The display still glowed.VERIFY IDENTITYWaiting.Patient.As though it had expected this exact moment.Inspector Voss drew her service weapon.“Everyone away from the door.”The officers immediately formed a defensive position.Ronan turned toward me.“We have less than five minutes.”“You're guessing.”“I hope I am.”He g

The mechanical voice faded.Silence rushed back into the archive.No one spoke.The only sound came from fine cracks spreading across the ancient stone staircase below us.Subject A-01 detected.The words echoed in my mind.Not because they frightened me.Because the facility had recognized me before I had taken a single step inside.Inspector Mara Voss slowly raised her pistol toward the entrance of the hidden passage."Nobody moves."Daniel let out a quiet breath."It already knows we're here."Ronan never looked away from the darkness beneath the archive."What activated it?""I don't know.""You've been here before."Daniel hesitated."Once."My attention snapped toward him."When?""I was fourteen."Marcus frowned."Fourteen?"Daniel nodded."I wasn't supposed to remember.""What does that mean?" I asked."It means they failed."Before he could explain further, another vibration rolled through the floor.This one wasn't violent.It felt... mechanical.Somewhere below us, enormous