Chapter 14 - Frozen Secrets
The revelation shattered Simone’s universe.
Julian Carter—the legendary father she had spent eight years mourning, the man whose honor she had sworn to defend—was the mastermind behind the attacks. He had sacrificed his own daughter, letting her live as a humble secretary, just to use her as a puppet to collect the world's wealth.
In a private medical clinic in Zurich, Adrienne woke up from surgery. His chest was heavily bandaged, but the moment he learned about Julian Carter, he ripped out his IV lines.
"We go to Siberia," Adrienne commanded, pulling on his tactical leather jacket despite the burning agony in his back.
"Adrienne, you're bleeding!" Simone pleaded, trying to hold him back.
Adrienne grabbed her wrists, pulling her into a fierce, breathless kiss that left them both gasping. "I don't care if I bleed to death, Simone. Your father made you suffer for eight years. He made you hide in my office, broken and ignored. I will tear down the mountains to make him pay."
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Twenty-four hours later, their private transport landed in the freezing wilderness of Lake Baikal, Siberia. Deep beneath the ice lay Julian Carter’s original black-site vault—the place where the true control keys to the world were kept.
They were walking right into a trap, and they knew it.
