“Seven minutes too late.”
Gabriel’s voice echoed through the laboratory.
Lucien stared at the screen.
“Too late for what?”
Gabriel smiled.
“You’ll see.”
The monitors flickered.
Every camera feed inside Kingston Estate disappeared.
In their place appeared a single live image.
The rooftop of Blackridge.
A helicopter sat waiting.
Its engines already running.
Standing beside it…
Was Adrian.
Alive.
⸻
“Adrian!”
Lucien stepped closer to the screen.
His brother looked bruised.
Exhausted.
But alive.
His hands weren’t tied.
He wasn’t being forced.
He was standing beside Gabriel.
Sienna’s heart dropped.
“No…”
She whispered.
“He didn’t betray us.”
Lucien answered immediately.
“I know.”
⸻
Gabriel slowly walked around Adrian.
“You’ve all misunderstood him.”
“He volunteer
