Chapter 8 - Lucien Kidnapped My Mother and Used Her to Force Me Into the One Choice Adrien Had Been Trying to Prevent—Trading Myself for the BabyMy mother disappeared.
Lucien called.
“Come alone.”
Adrien refused.
I went anyway.
He was furious.
“You are not doing this.”
“She has my mother.”
“She wants you.”
“I know.”
“We're going together.”
The exchange happened at an old church.
My mother was alive.
Lucien stood beside her.
“Norah.”
He smiled.
“You've made quite a life.”
“You hurt my family.”
“I protected mine.”
“By taking my mother?”
“She knew too much.”
Adrien stepped forward.
Lucien raised a gun.
“Stop.”
I looked at Adrien.
He stopped.
Lucien wanted something else.
A legal signature.
Giving him temporary control of the Falco trust.
I refused.
Then he showed me a medical file.
My unborn son.
Someone had scheduled a forced delivery if necessary.
I felt sick.
Lucien was willing to take the baby before birth.
Adrien's face changed.
He looked at me.
“Don't sign.”
I whispered:
“What choice do I have?”
“Me.”
He smiled.
And stepped into the center of the room.
“I'll give you what you want.”
Lucien laughed.
“What?”
“Me.”
“Take my empire.”
“I don't want it.”
“Then die.”
Adrien looked at him.
“If that's the price.”
I cried.
Because for the first time, I understood.
Adrien wasn't protecting the empire.
He was sacrificing himself for us.
Security stormed the church.
Lucien escaped.
My mother was rescued.
Adrien was wounded.
But alive.
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The war had changed.
Now it was personal.
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