Bound to my Enemy novel Chapter 277

Chapter 277: Chapter 277.

For the first time in days everything feels normal.

No kidnappings,no guns, no blood.....Just my family.

At one point I notice Lucas disappear.

Again.

Then Aria disappears five minutes later and I immediately look at Caleb.

He looks at me, then we both look toward the door and burst out laughing.

Noah notices.

"What?"

I point toward the hallway

"Oh."

His eyes widen.

"Oh."

Then Lucas reappears twenty minutes later looking entirely too pleased with himself.

I immediately point.

"There he is."

Lucas groans.

"No."

"There who is?" Noah asks.

"The man who definitely wasn’t sneaking off to spend time with Aria."

Aria nearly chokes on her drink. Lucas looks like he wants to throw himself out the hospital window.....he’s shy when it gets to stuff like this.

And honestly? Watching him suffer might be my favorite part of recovery.

By evening everyone slowly starts leaving.

One by one.....I get hugs and Promises to visit tomorrow, Warnings from Noah to stay in bed, more warnings from Noah to stay in bed.

Then additional warnings from Noah to stay in bed.

Finally the room grows quiet with Just me and Zane.

Again.

I look over at him to find he’s already watching me and a small smile touches my lips.

"What?"

His expression softens.

"Nothing Just..."

His hand reaches for mine and holds it,

Liek he needs to, like he always will.

"I’m glad you’re here."

The words come out quietly, his fingers tighten around mine.

"So am I, love."

For the first time since everything happened...

I believe things are going to be okay.

Maybe not perfect or easy.

But okay and right now...That’s enough.

The room is quieter nw, the kind of quiet that only comes after a storm has finally passed and everyone’s too exhausted to speak.

Zane is still sitting beside me, still holding my hand. Like if he lets go, something might happen again.

I don’t blame him.

Honestly, I don’t think either of us trusts silence anymore.

I shift slightly on the bed and immediately regret it when a dull ache pulls through my side.

Zane notices instantly.

"Don’t move too much," he says.

"I’m literally just breathing," I reply.

"That’s enough movement for me."

I stare at him.

"You’re insane."

"You’re alive," he says simply.

And just like that, I stop arguing because I don’t have a counter for that.

A moment passes; then another.

His thumb moves slowly over my knuckles, absentminded but grounding.

I swallow slightly.

"Zane..."

His eyes lift immediately and I take a breath.

"Thomas."

The change in him is instant, not anger necessarily .....Something colder.

He exhales slowly, like he’s been expecting the question since the moment I woke up.

"He’s locked up," he says.

My brows knit.

"Locked up where?"

His jaw tightens slightly.

"A secure holding cell, under the estate."

I blink.

"Under the estate?"

"Yes."

I stare at him for a moment.

Only Zane would casually say something like that, like it’s normal like underground imprisonment is just part of everyday life.

I should be disturbed.

I am...a little.

But mostly I’m just tired. 𝑓𝓇𝘦ℯ𝘸𝘦𝑏𝓃𝑜𝘷ℯ𝑙.𝑐𝑜𝓂

"So he’s alive," I say quietly.

"Yes."

I look down at my hands, processing that.

Thomas.

The man who caused all of this, the man who nearly took everything from me, the man who took one of my babies before I even got the chance to meet them.

Alive.

Still breathing somewhere beneath our house, I don’t know what I feel about that.

Zane watches me carefully.

"Elaine."

I look up.

"He won’t stay there for long."

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