Semua Bab His Dark Covenant: Bab 11 - Bab 20

Samuel Cross stood beneath the ruined chandelier. Alive. Older. Exhausted. And staring at Adrian as though he were looking at a ghost. Then he said the words again. “You killed me.” Elena felt the world tilt. “No.” Samuel's gaze shifted to her. “Elena—” “No.” She stepped between them. “My father didn't kill you.” Samuel's expression broke. “I watched him do it.” Adrian's weapon lowered slightly. “I don't remember.” “That is the problem.” Samuel's voice trembled. “You were there.” “I remember the warehouse.” “You remember the part they allowed you to remember.” Elena looked between them. “Who is they?” Samuel didn't answer. A sharp metallic click came from somewhere above. Adrian immediately moved toward Elena. “Down.” The ceiling lights exploded. Darkness swallowed the hall. Gunfire erupted. Samuel disappeared behind a pillar. Elena dropped beside Adrian as bullets tore through the walls. “Where's my father?” “Behind us!” Adrian fired toward the muz

Richard Vale smiled as though he had never died.Elena couldn't move.Adrian couldn't either.For seventeen years, Richard had been a corpse in every story they had been told.A dead billionaire.A murdered founder.A man whose death had supposedly fractured the Covenant.Yet there he stood.Alive.Immaculately dressed.Older, but unmistakably Adrian's father.And behind him stood Claire.Elena's mother.The two people who were supposed to be dead were standing together.Again.Richard looked around the mansion."How sentimental."His gaze settled on the assembled Covenant members."All of you gathered in one place."Nobody spoke.Then Richard looked at Elena."And my son's greatest weakness."Adrian stepped forward."Don't."Richard's smile widened."You always were protective of her."Elena felt Adrian's hand find hers.Not possessive.Steadying.Richard noticed."So you've finally told her.""Told me what?" Elena demanded.Richard looked at her."That Adrian was chosen long before

“Hello, little sister.”Elena stopped breathing.The woman on the screen stared directly at her.Same eyes.Same sharp cheekbones.Same dark hair.Even the tiny crescent-shaped birthmark beneath her left ear.Elena touched her own skin.“No.”The woman smiled sadly.“Yes.”Claire collapsed into a chair.Samuel looked like a man watching his worst nightmare come alive.Adrian stepped closer to Elena.“Don't listen to Victor.”Victor's voice came from the speakers.“She deserves to know.”Elena turned toward him.“Who is she?”Victor's smile disappeared.“Her name is Mara.”The woman on the screen corrected him.“Was.”Victor glanced toward the camera.“Mara Cross.”She looked back at Elena.“Your older sister.”Elena's voice trembled.“How old are you?”Mara smiled.“Twenty-seven.”Elena stared.She was twenty-four.Three years.Exactly as Victor had said.“Where have you been?”Mara's expression hardened.“Where your parents put me.”Elena looked at Claire.“Mom?”Claire couldn't spea

The voice inside Elena's mind waited.Choose your first order.She stared at the words glowing across the screens.No one moved.No one breathed.Even Victor had gone silent.Adrian looked at Elena."Don't answer it."Elena swallowed."What happens if I don't?"Samuel shook his head."We don't know."Richard's face had lost all color."We know exactly what happens."Everyone turned toward him.Richard looked at the screens."The Covenant interprets silence as authorization."Elena's heart hammered."Authorization for what?""Continuity.""What does that mean?"Richard's voice dropped."It chooses for you."The lights flickered.A new message appeared.WAITING FOR COMMAND.Elena closed her eyes.The presence inside her mind expanded.She could feel thousands of connections.People.Organizations.Money.Secrets.Power.All of it waiting for one decision.Then another sensation emerged.Fear.Not hers.The Covenant's.She opened her eyes."It's afraid."Adrian frowned."Of what?""Me."

The door above them opened with a slow, deliberate creak.Elena didn't move.Neither did Adrian.Between them lay the photograph of Adrian, Victor, and Daniel Mensah.And the question Elena could no longer ignore.Who ordered her father's disappearance?Adrian had answered.“My father.”The words seemed to remain suspended in the darkness.Elena stared at him.“You knew.”“I suspected.”“You knew enough to recognize that photograph.”“Yes.”“And you never told me.”Adrian's jaw tightened.“I didn't know the entire story.”“That isn't what I asked.”“I know.”Her voice dropped.“Then why?”“Because every time I got close to the truth, someone died.”Elena's anger faltered.Adrian continued.“I thought keeping you away from it was the only way to keep you alive.”She shook her head.“You don't get to decide what I can handle.”“No.”He stepped closer.“You're right.”The admission surprised her.Adrian looked at her steadily.“I was wrong.”For a moment, Elena didn't know what to say.T