All Chapters of The Outlaw Secret Heiress: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

CHAPTER 1Anna’s POVThe first thing I noticed when I got home was the door. It was open. I stopped halfway up the stairs, my fingers still wrapped around the strap of my handbag. For a few seconds, I simply stared at it.That didn’t make sense. I always locked my door. Always.So why was my door open? I slowly climbed the last few steps.“Hello?” I said as my voice sounded strangely small in the empty hallway.No answer. I looked behind me, the corridor was empty, just the same faded carpet, yellowish walls, and flickering light I’d complained about to the landlord three times. Everything looked normal except for my door. I reached into my handbag and wrapped my fingers around my phone. Maybe I’d forgotten to close it properly, maybe ……“Check the bedroom.” A man’s voice came from inside my apartment. I heard my breath, afraid to break the silence.“Already checked.” Another voice answered My heart skipped. There were people inside my home. I took one silent step backward. My first

CHAPTER 3Anastasia POVI woke up to the sound of a motorcycle. The deep roar came from somewhere outside my window, loud enough to pull me from sleep. For a few seconds, I didn’t remember where I was. Then everything came back. The men in my apartment, the chase, the rain, Jaxon, my mother’s name. I sat up quickly.The room was unfamiliar. Dark curtains covered the windows, and a large wooden wardrobe stood against one wall. There was a small table beside the bed, a lamp, and a bathroom door across from me. My clothes were folded neatly on a chair. I stared at them. I remembered getting into Jaxon’s SUV wearing the same clothes. So someone brought me here and unpacked my things.That realization made my skin crawl. I pushed the blanket away and stood. The floor was cold beneath my feet. I walked to the window and pulled the curtain aside. The compound looked completely different in daylight. It was bigger than I’d realized. Large buildings were scattered across the property, surround

CHAPTER 5Jaxon’s POVI watched Annalise disappear through the door. Only then did I let out the breath I’d been holding. She had no idea how close she had come to dying. Not tonight. Not because of the men who had followed her, but because of the secret her mother had spent twenty-seven years protecting. I looked down at the silver key on the table. The same key I’d seen once before, four years ago, in Clara’s hand.I still remembered that night. She had been sitting across from me, pale and exhausted, with fear in her eyes I’d never seen there before.“Jaxon,” she’d said. I’d never heard my name sound like that.“What happened?” She had looked toward the window before answering.“They found me.” My hand tightened around the edge of the table. I’d asked her who, but she hadn’t answered. Instead, she’d placed the key in my palm.“If anything happens to me, keep this safe.”I stared at it.“What does it open?”“My daughter’s future.” Those were the exact words she’d used. I hadn’t unde

Anastasia’s POV The memory hit me so hard that I was out of bed before my mind could fully process it. Beneath my mother’s bed sat an old wooden box, small, dark, and impossibly heavy for its size. Clara had always been fiercely protective of it, artfully dodging every question I ever asked. It had remained a background detail of my childhood until tonight, until someone broke into my apartment, until the box went missing, and until a stranger texted me asking what my mother had left behind.I threw on my robe and stepped out into the hallway, startled to find Jaxon leaning against the wall opposite my door with his arms folded across his chest. He straightened immediately, his gaze scanning my face as I stepped toward him."You're supposed to be sleeping," he said."I remembered something. The wooden box under my mother's bed. someone took it.""I know. I was there when we realized it was missing.""And you didn't think to tell me?" I stepped closer, the heat of frustration rising i

Jaxon’s POV“Lock the compound down.”My order had barely left my mouth before Rafe was already moving.“Seal every entrance. Nobody gets through the gates without my clearance.”Men scattered through the corridor, radios crackling as security teams took their positions. The atmosphere inside the Black Vipers compound changed within seconds. Doors slammed shut, footsteps pounded across the floors, and weapons were drawn as every member realized something had happened. I stood in the middle of the secure room, staring at the empty space where the document had been.Victor Devereaux.That name alone was dangerous. But the missing document wasn’t what bothered me most. Someone had stolen it while the room was locked. The lights had been out for some seconds.. Yet whoever had taken it had known exactly where to find the document.They hadn’t touched the photographs or taken the silver pendant.They hadn’t gone for the letter Anastasia had been reading or taken one specific piece of informa