All Chapters of He Lost Me When He Chose Her : Chapter 61 - Chapter 70

Aniya’s POV“Mommy, don’t let them take my blood!”Lily’s scream tore through the chamber.I wrapped both arms around her and turned away from the glowing handprints.“No one is taking anything from you.”Madam Harlow stepped forward.“You cannot stop what has already begun.”The symbols on the wall grew brighter.Lily began trembling in my arms.KC moved between us and the vault.“Shut it down.”Madam Harlow smiled. “You still don’t understand. The vault is responding to Aniya’s memories. It has recognized the second heir.”“Lily is not an heir to anything,” I snapped. “She is my daughter.”“She is both.”A sharp pain spread through Lily’s body. She cried out and clutched her chest.I panicked.“What’s happening to her?”Corbin rushed toward us, but KC raised his weapon.“Stay back.”“Let me see her!”“You knew about this,” KC said. “You don’t get to come near her.”Corbin’s eyes filled with desperation.“I didn’t know the vault would activate this way.”“You brought her here.”“I wa

Aniya’s POV“Grandma.”The word left Lily’s mouth so quietly that for a second, I thought I had imagined it.Then I heard it again.“Aniya…”My mother.She was alive.I turned toward the collapsing vault.“Mom!”KC grabbed my arm.“Aniya, we need to get out.”“She’s in there!”“I know.”“I’m not leaving her.”Another section of the ceiling crashed down.Dust filled the chamber.Corbin coughed as he covered his face.“Then we have minutes, not hours.”I looked at the vault.The entrance was almost completely blocked by fallen stone.My mother was somewhere behind it.I handed Lily to KC.“Hold her.”His eyes widened.“What are you doing?”“Getting my mother.”“Aniya…”“Please.”He looked at me for a long moment before taking Lily into his arms.“I’m coming with you.”“No. Keep her safe.”“I’m not letting you go in there alone.”“I need you to protect Lily.”That stopped him.I turned toward the rubble.Marcus was already moving toward me.“I know another entrance.”I looked at him.“Th

ANIYA’S POV“KC!”My scream echoed through the passage.He stumbled backward, one hand immediately pressing against his side.For a second, everything around me disappeared.The gunshot.The shouting.The explosions above us.None of it mattered.All I could see was the blood spreading across his shirt.“No.”I ran toward him.KC dropped to one knee, his breathing becoming heavier.“I’m okay,” he said.“You’re bleeding!”“I’ve been shot before.”“That doesn’t mean you’re okay!”I reached for him, but another gunshot rang through the passage.Marcus pulled me backward.“Stay down!”The bullet struck the wall where my head had been seconds earlier.My mother screamed.“Adrian, stop!”I looked toward the other side of the corridor.Adrian stood there with his gun still raised.His face was cold.Too cold.He had just shot his own son.KC slowly stood.Blood continued running down his side.He looked directly at his father.“You shot me.”Adrian didn’t answer.“You actually shot your own

ANIYA’S POV“Where is my sister?”The question left my mouth, but nobody answered.My grandmother stood completely still.My mother was crying.Marcus looked like he had just been struck.And Lily was staring at my grandmother with an unsettling certainty.“She knows,” Lily whispered.I looked at my grandmother.“You know where she is.”She didn’t deny it.That was enough.“Tell me.”“Aniya…”“Tell me!”My voice echoed through the chamber.My grandmother slowly lowered her eyes.“She was taken.”My heart tightened.“By who?”“The organization.”“Why?”“Because your sister was the first child to inherit the original marker.”I looked at Lily.“Then why was I the one they wanted?”“Because you survived.”I frowned.“What does that mean?”My mother stepped forward.“Your sister was born first.”I stared at her.“She was the first twin?”“Yes.”“And I was second?”My mother nodded.I looked back at the birth certificate.Two children.One mother.One father.Two names.But only one of us

ANIYA’S POVThe vault doors slammed shut.A red light flashed above us.Then a mechanical voice echoed through the chamber.“Twenty minutes remaining.”I stared at the glowing numbers on the wall.20:00My heart began pounding.“What happens when it reaches zero?”No one answered.I looked at my grandmother.“What happens?”She remained silent.“Tell me!”Alexander laughed from across the room.“You really don’t know anything about your own family, do you?”KC stepped forward despite the blood soaking his shirt.“Open the doors.”Alexander shook his head.“I can’t.”“You’re the one who locked them.”“No.”His eyes moved toward my grandmother.“She did.”Everyone looked at her.My grandmother slowly lowered her weapon.“The inheritance ceremony has begun.”I felt sick.“You’re seriously doing this?”“You have no choice.”“There is always a choice.”“Not this time.”Amara moved closer to me.“She wants us to fight.”My grandmother looked at her.“You were always the difficult one.”Amar