To Love a Shadow To Be the Sun novel Chapter 336

Zane quickly pulled Elara behind him. The intruder stood atop the bed, shouting something guttural in a foreign tongue before lunging straight at them.

“Careful! He said anyone in his way dies!” Elara cried out.

But Zane moved with lethal efficiency—three swift motions and the attacker’s neck snapped. “He doesn’t get to decide who lives or dies in front of me,” he said coldly.

No sooner had the words left his mouth than the wooden door burst open with a bang. Renata tumbled in, breathless.

“Kick me, will you? I’ll personally send you to hell, even if the devil won’t take you!” she spat, then spun and charged back into the main room.

Only then did Elara realize the chaos raging outside.

Rain battered the night. Neely’s accomplices had come to break him out, but the guards spotted them in time. Now, a desperate fight was underway.

Somehow, Neely had already slipped his restraints. Blades flashed, fists flew, grunts and the crunch of splintering wood mixed with the thunderstorm. In seconds, the cramped clay house became a warzone.

“Take care of yourself,” Zane said, then vaulted into the fray, squaring off with Neely, who had already tossed two guards aside.

In the confusion, a thug tried to bring a knife down on the back of Zane’s head.

Panic surged through Elara. She snatched up a thin wooden rod from beside her and swung it hard.

Crack!

Something didn’t feel right.

She opened her eyes to find Renata pinning the would-be assassin, while Zane clutched his arm, jaw clenched, staring at her with a look she couldn’t quite read.

She’d smacked Zane instead.

“Sorry!” Elara stammered, mortified. “I was aiming for him—why’d you get in the way?”

Who was causing trouble for whom, really?

Zane could only stare, speechless.

Well, he thought, this is the woman I chose. I’ll just have to live with it.

That split-second hesitation was all Neely needed. He knocked Renata aside and lunged for Zane.

This time, Elara saw it coming. As Zane grappled with Neely, she aimed carefully and jammed the wooden rod straight into Neely’s eye.

Neely howled in agony. Zane instantly locked an arm around his throat—but Neely, desperate, fumbled something from his pocket: a tiny bomb.

The rain stopped with sunrise, and their backup arrived.

They split up: Zane and Elara headed back to Kingston City, while Renata led a team to the lab Elara had identified, searching for evidence.

The moment she heard Jason was still unconscious, Elara insisted on going straight to the hospital as soon as they reached Kingston City.

After all, he’d nearly died saving her.

Zane, though unhappy, respected her wishes and pulled over at the hospital entrance.

He may not have liked the situation, but he’d accepted his role as “the other man.” All he could do was swallow his frustration.

Quincy Shelton parked the car. As Elara reached for the door, her new phone rang.

It was Summer.

First, Summer checked if Elara was hurt. Then—more pointedly—she asked if the rumors about her and Brian’s divorce were true.

Elara had already kept her promise to Brian. With Ellis arrested and Lina missing, there was nothing left to hide. “It’s true,” she said simply. “The divorce papers are still locked in my desk drawer.”

Beside her, Zane froze, a fierce light flaring in his eyes.