Ready to Rule: The Real Heiress Strikes Back novel Chapter 424
Connor dropped from above like a shadow, arms out, cutting through the night with single-minded focus. As he got closer to the ground, he bent his knees and landed without a sound, cool and steady, as if jumps like this were nothing to him. In the army, they pretty much were.
“Lydia.” His voice was low.
He spotted her in the darkness, just a faint outline. Without hesitating, Connor pulled her into his arms and held her close.
Jonas, who had been hiding nearby, was still trying to recover from the shock of what he’d just seen. Before he could even process the chaos, Connor appeared out of nowhere and dropped another bomb on him. His brain felt like it had been fried.
How was Connor even here? And why was he hugging their Miss Lydia like that? This was wild.
“I’m ok,” Lydia whispered.
Connor let out a shaky breath, holding her tighter, like letting go wasn’t even an option. “That’s all I needed to hear.”
Suddenly, Lydia pushed him back a little, her eyes meeting his, serious and searching. “Connor, I killed a lot of people tonight.”
Only then did Connor really look around. The helicopter had landed, its lights cutting through the darkness, showing all the bodies scattered on the ground. Men dressed in black, lifeless.
Lydia’s voice was steady. “I’ve wanted to tell you... You and I, we’re not the same. I’m not who you think I am. Not perfect, not even close.”
He used to be a soldier, loyal to his country, to his people, to his duty. Everything he had, he gave for the greater good. Protecting others was the highest honor he could imagine.
But Lydia played by her own rules. She’d done things he never could have. Things that left her hands stained. In some ways, they were opposites. She wasn’t a hero, not in the way the world wanted her to be. Even after leaving the army, Connor’s sense of right and wrong hadn’t faded. It was part of him.
The blood on her hands belonged to men who deserved it. She just wanted to know if Connor could handle the truth. If he couldn’t, she’d get it. Sometimes people just can’t walk the same road.
Connor reached for her again, pulling her in, holding her so close it felt like the whole world had narrowed down to just the two of them.
“Lydia, don’t question me. For the rest of your life, you’re with me. I’m never letting you go.”
Jonas’s eyes went wide, his breath catching. He looked up at the night sky, trying to wrap his head around what he’d just seen.
A dark night, bodies on the ground, and two people promising forever. Seriously, what a scene.
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Olha a história bem boa só algumas coisas são chatas ( nesse tipo de história sempre troca as filhas pela a da empregada ou então pegam uma menina pra criar) pelo menos eles tratam a filha bem só enche o saco que até agora a Lucinda tá lá enchendo ! Fora isso tá bom Connor é um fofo a família dela a ama muito só Lucinda pra abaixar o nível do livro já era pra ter resolvido isso e fazer ela pagar mais tudo bem li um livro chinês que era parecido só algumas coisas diferentes ,ais mesma coisa tipo ela salvou o Connor no início lá ela salvava o avô dele , no chinês ela não tinha um irmão mais novo com os pais adotivos , a mãe dela tinha 2 irmãos e todos os avós estavam vivos mais história quase igual e tem coisas tipo o triângulo que lá TB tinha até a Lucinda que no chines TB ficou o livro todo aprontando só no final a família descobria e se livrava dela aí ela ia morar com o cara que ela usa pra disfarçar que não gosta do Connor aí depois ainda quase matava a irmã dele e a mãe dele que ele via como ela era...
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