My Ex Left Me Years Ago Then I’m Married to a Billionaire novel Chapter 77

Chapter 77

Adrians NOW

“Skye?” I called softly, hope and dread mingling in my chest. “Can you hear me?

Her eyes upped open soddenly, forest green irises wild with panic as she bolted upright,

“Nodia” she gasped, her volke raw and broken. “You have to save hat

I gently pressed her shoulders back against the pillows as she tried to sing her legs over the side of the hell. “Faxy, Skye. You’re safe now. You’re back at Owisher.”

“No, you don’t understand,” she insisted, “Nadia poisoned herself to help me escape. She took wolfshane–Lydia’s special Hend. It was meant for me, but she

drank it insteadTM

The revelation hit me like a physical blow.

“Slow down,” I urged as Skye’s movements grew more frantic, nearly causing her to topple from the bed. “Tell me everything

She clutched at my arm, her fingers digging in with desperate intensity. “Kane was keeping us in an underground cell–a dungeon beneath the main building When they took her to the hospital after she collapsed, I managed to escape. Her eyes filled with tears. “But I promised I’d come back for her. I promised wouldn’t leave her there.”

“I tried. Skye,” I admitted, guilt weighing heavily on my words. “We infiltrated the hospital, but she wasn’t there. Kane must have moved her after your

Skye’s face paled even further. “The dungeons,” she whispered. “She’d be back in the dungeon. He wouldn’t risk keeping her somewhere I’d already escaped from. Get me a map. I need to show you exactly where they held us.”

I retrieved the sateline imagery Garrett had provided, spreading it across her blanket–covered legs. Skye studied it intently, her finger tracing paths across the compound with surprising precision.

“Here,” she said, tapping a spot near the main building’s northern wing. There’s an entrance to the lower levels here, disguised as a storage cellar. The dungeon is two levels down, with six cells along the eastern wall. We were in the largest one, at the far end.”

Her finger moved to another section of the mag

“And here’s a secondary exit that leads to a maintenance tunnel. I sp’s it when they were musing so.”

I memorized every detail, committing the layout to memory as Skye continued pointing out guard stations and potential weak points in Kane’s security.

“What happened to you?” 1 finally asked, gently touching a particularly severe bruise along her jaseline. “Did Kang…”

Skye shook her head, understanding my unspoken fear. “No, not in the way you’re thinking. Most of these injuries happened during my escape. After I got out of the hospital, I managed to reach the territory hoeder, but they spotted me. I had no choice but to shift and jump from the eastern cliffs.”

My breath caught “You jumped from Ravine Ridge? That’s a forty–foot drop onto jagged rocks!”

“Tôdn’t have many options,” she replied with gria humer. The shift suppressant they’d injected was still partially active. My woll was disoriented, couldn’t maintain balance daring the fall. She winced, une hand moving unconsciously to her ribs. ‘I hit the rocks hard, lost my wolf furm immediately. Had to Luntinue on foot–naked, bleeding, with Kane’s warfars eloxing in from every direction.”

“You’re remarkable,” I said softly.

“Adrian

need to get Nadia out. Today Now! Her voice lowered, urgent and fearful. “Kane threatened… humble things. And with the wallbane still in her system, she’s completely defenseless.”

I nodded grimly. “I’m already organizing a arcand rescue attempt.”

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I love warriors, maybe many of them, and still might fall to

“It could work.” I conceded, already formulating the details. “A small team, our best infiltrators, while I keep Kane cupied with negotiation details”

“Wright.” I relented, knowing farther argument would be futile. “But you stay with me at all times. No heroics.”

She nodded, relief washing over her features. Thank you, Adrian

One hour later, we had finalized our plan. I would lead the negotiation team–mysel Skye, and two of our most experienced warriors to meet with Kane directly.

Marcus would coordinate both teams from Dasisbom, maintaining communications and preparing our extraction routes.

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