All Chapters of He Lost Me When He Chose Her : Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

ANIYA’S POVThe first thing I heard was screaming.The second was the sound of fire.I looked toward the ceiling as thick smoke began filling the corridor.“Mom, we have to go!”“I know.”My mother grabbed Amara’s hand.KC took mine.“Stay together,” he ordered.Lily clung to my waist.“Mommy, I’m scared.”“I know, baby.”I kissed her forehead.“But we’re getting out.”We ran through the corridor as flames spread across the walls.The estate was collapsing around us.Glass shattered.Wood cracked.Smoke burned my eyes.“Which way?” KC shouted.My mother pointed toward the stairs.“East wing!”We rushed toward them.A section of the ceiling collapsed behind us.KC pulled me forward just before the debris hit the ground.“Keep moving!”We reached the staircase.But half of it was already engulfed in flames.“We can’t go that way,” Amara said.My mother looked around.“There is another exit.”“Where?”“Under the library.”I stared at her.“Of course there is.”Despite everything, KC almo

ANIYA’S POVCORBIN SKII IS CURRENTLY IN DANGER.I stared at the screen.My hands were shaking.“He’s alive.”KC nodded.“Then we’re finding him.”My mother stepped closer to the computer.“Wait.”I looked at her.“What?”She pointed at the screen.“There’s more.”The message changed.FINAL MEMORY ACCESS REQUIRES TWO BLOODLINE HOLDERS.My eyes moved to Amara.She understood immediately.“Both of us.”I nodded.We stood on either side of the black box.I placed my hand on the scanner.Amara did the same.The screen flashed.ACCESS GRANTED.The room disappeared.Again.This time, I found myself standing outside an old warehouse.Rain poured from the sky.Corbin was there.He looked exhausted.Blood stained his shirt.He was holding a phone.“She’s safe?”A voice answered from the other end.“Yes.”Corbin closed his eyes.“Good.”Then another voice came from behind him.“You really thought you could fool me?”Corbin turned.Damian.He raised his weapon.“You should have stayed away from A

ANIYA’S POV“Me.”The voice came from inside the abandoned building.I froze.Corbin immediately raised his gun again, positioning himself between me and the entrance.KC moved closer to Lily and me, his injured shoulder hanging stiffly at his side.“Get behind me,” he ordered.For once, I didn’t argue.The door creaked open.A man stepped into the moonlight, dressed in a dark suit with one hand tucked into his pocket. His face was older than the photographs I had seen in the vault, but I recognized him immediately.My grandfather.The man who had supposedly been injured during the attack. The man I had left behind while trying to escape the collapsing estate.“Grandpa?”He smiled as if nothing had happened.“Hello, sweetheart.”I stared at him, unable to understand what I was seeing.“You were at the estate.”“Yes.”“You were hurt.”“Not badly enough to stop me from coming here.”I looked at Corbin.He appeared equally stunned.“You told me he was dead,” Corbin said.My grandfather’s

Aniya’s POVCorbin stood beneath the broken doorway, the original archive key clenched in his hand.Alexander Sterling stood behind him, wearing a smile that made my skin crawl.For several seconds, nobody moved.My eyes shifted from Corbin to Alexander, then to the man beside my mother.Daniel Harlow.My biological father.A man I had believed was dead for most of my life had suddenly appeared, claiming he helped create the archive that had destroyed our family.And now Corbin was standing beside the man who had tried to kill us.“Corbin,” I whispered. “What are you doing?”His gaze met mine, but he didn’t answer immediately.Alexander chuckled. “That’s a touching reunion. Unfortunately, we don’t have much time for sentimental conversations.”KC stepped in front of me despite the blood soaking his shoulder.“Take one more step toward her, and I’ll put a bullet in your head.”Alexander glanced at him. “You really are your father’s son. Always threatening people before understanding wh

Aniya’s POVFor a moment, I thought I had misunderstood the recording.Corbin’s voice echoed through the room again.“I was the one who chose which twin would be taken.”I turned toward him slowly.He stood beside the archive screen, his face pale, his eyes fixed on mine.“Tell me that’s a lie,” I whispered.He didn’t answer.“Corbin!”“I can explain.”“Then explain!” My voice cracked. “You knew Amara was my twin? You knew someone was going to take one of us, and you chose her?”Amara’s fingers slipped from mine.She stepped away from me, staring at Corbin as though she had never seen him before.“You chose me?” she asked.Corbin swallowed. “Yes.”The word landed like a slap.Amara shook her head. “Why?”“Because Alexander wanted Aniya.”“That doesn’t answer my question!”“He had discovered that Aniya could access the archive. He wanted her trained from childhood to become the living key. If I hadn’t intervened, he would have taken her.”“So you gave him me instead?”Corbin’s expressi