Todos los capítulos de 30 Days Before the Apocalypse, I Rebuild My Empire : Capítulo 1 - Capítulo 4

The pouring rain felt like ice needles on Eliana’s skin, but it was nothing compared to the freezing deadness inside her chest.She slammed her blood-stained palms against the tall, heavy iron bars of the gate."Please! Open the gate! Please, Christian, open the door!"Her voice was raw, shredded from screaming. She could barely stand. Her knees buckled into the freezing mud, soaking her oversized, torn sweater. Behind her, the city was burning in the dark.The entire sky had turned a deep, unnatural blood-red, heavy with storm clouds that smelled like copper and burning flesh. Thirty minutes ago, every electrical light in the world had flickered out at once.Then the screams had begun.Unnatural, grotesque creatures had burst through the asphalt, tearing through crowds, dragging motorists out of their cars, ripping limbs off bodies in seconds. Eliana had run four miles through the madness, her heavy body aching, her lungs burning, single-mindedly fighting her way back to the only safety

The phone in Eliana’s purse had not stopped vibrating for twenty minutes.She sat inside a quiet coffee shop two blocks away from the law firm, watching the screen light up repeatedly. Seven missed calls from Christian.Twelve from Rosalie.Four panicked text messages from Genevieve demanding to know why the family credit cards were showing balance warnings.Eliana took a slow sip of her iced black coffee.The bitter taste washed over her tongue, keeping her grounded in the present.In her past life, a single angry call from Christian would have sent her into an apologetic spiral.She would have stayed up all night crying, wondering what she had done wrong to make him pull away.Now, seeing his name flash on the screen brought nothing but a cold, clinical boredom.She opened her bank app, confirmed that Mr. Black’s firm had initiated the temporary freeze on all joint household accounts, and then turned off her phone completely.Let them panic.Let them wonder how they were going to co