Chapter 14
The Rescue
Theme: High-Stakes Confrontation
Walking into the Trap Adrian stepped out of the car, his heart pounding with cold rage. The abandoned building loomed ahead, its rusted metal doors creaking in the wind. Shadows stretched across the broken concrete, and a single weak light lit the door.
He knew this was a trap.
Victoria wanted him here. She wanted him desperate, wild.
But she had made one mistake.
She misjudged how far he was willing to go.
His grip tightened around the gun hidden beneath his jacket as he walked inside. The air smelled of dust and oil, the silence thick with danger.
Then, a slow, mocking clap rang through the space.
“Right on time,” Victoria drawled, sitting in a chair at the center of the room like a queen on her throne. “You’re predictable,
