Todos os capítulos de BRIDE FOR LEASE: Capítulo 41 - Capítulo 46

Chapter 42: The Argent CouncilPOV: Jennifer“TAKE THE GIRL!”The command cut through the chamber.Men in black armor poured through the destroyed doorway.Gunfire erupted.David pulled me behind the central platform.“Stay down!”I held Elena against my chest.She was shaking.“Mama…”“I’m here.”“Don’t let them take me.”“I won’t.”David fired over the platform.One man dropped.Another moved toward us.Victor intercepted him.The two crashed into the floor.My mother grabbed a weapon from one of the fallen guards.“Jennifer!”I looked up.“Keep Elena behind the platform.”“What are you doing?”“Buying you time.”She stepped into the open.A gunman raised his weapon.She fired first.He fell.Another came from the left.Victor shot him.For a moment, the chamber became chaos.Then a voice rose above the gunfire.“Stop.”Everything froze.The soldiers lowered their weapons.A man walked through the doorway.Older.Silver-haired.Expensively dressed.No armor.No weapon.But every sol

Chapter 44: The Blood AwakensPOV: Jennifer“No.”The word came from somewhere deeper than my throat.It wasn't a scream.It wasn't fear.It was a command.The chamber responded.Every light exploded at once.The First Benz stopped.The soldiers stopped.Even the air seemed to freeze.Elena's hand was still inside mine.Warm.Small.Shaking.But the moment our blood touched, something changed.The unknown symbol beneath our feet burned brighter.The First Benz took a step backward.“No.”For the first time since he appeared, he sounded afraid.David noticed.“What did you do?”“I don't know.”My voice trembled.But the power inside me didn't.It felt like something ancient had opened its eyes.The First Benz raised his hand.“Separate them.”The soldiers moved.David stepped in front of us.“Try.”Three men rushed him.The first swung.David ducked.His elbow struck the man's throat.The second fired.David grabbed the gunman's wrist and twisted.The shot went into the ceiling.The th

Chapter 46: The Father's MessagePOV: JenniferThe screen stayed black. For several seconds, nobody spoke.Then David said the only thing that mattered.“You're not going.”I looked at him.“I know.”“You're not going alone.”“I know.”He stared at me.“Jennifer.”I took his hand.“I said I know.”His shoulders relaxed slightly.But my mind was still trapped on those two words.Edward Benz.Alive.My father.The man I'd spent my entire life believing was dead.The man whose name had appeared in files, recordings, memories, and lies.The man who had supposedly died eleven years ago.Now he wanted me to come to him.Alone.With Elena.David looked toward my mother.“Tell me this is fake.”My mother didn't answer.“Mom.”She looked at him.“I don't know.”“You know him.”“Yes.”“Then you know whether he'd send a message like this.”She shook her head.“Edward wouldn't threaten Elena.”David's expression hardened.“Then it's not him.”My mother looked at the dead screen.“Unless he