Chapter 159. I’m Not Leaving Her

Author POV

The chandeliers in the grand ballroom glittered violently, their fractured light scattering across marble floors.

Hermes blinked, slow and disoriented, as if waking inside a nightmare.

Why was he here? The last thing he remembered was…

Was— His breath hitched. Nothing. It was suddenly just a blank wall.

His hands slipped away from Natalya’s arms as panic overtook him. He staggered back, clutching his head with both hands, eyes squeezing shut as if that would force memory back into place.

Across the room, Dominic watched with a curling smirk. Perfect. Exactly how he planned it.

He didn’t need the theatrics anymore. Even if the game was already lost. Hermes was disoriented, and now he’ll take everything down with him.

“Hitler. Alex.” Dominic’s voice sliced through the room. He pointed lazily toward the trembling Ted. “Get rid of that one.”

Then his finger shifted, landing on the girl kneeling on the floor.

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