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Chapter 46: Bloodlines and Bombshells
The wind outside howled louder now, rattling the windows of the cabin. Inside, the tension was palpable. Eliot paced back and forth while Rina stared at the screen, the last video still playing in her mind.
The message was clear: they were too strong to control. But there was more buried beneath the surface—something more dangerous.
The flash drive had one last file to open.
Rina clicked it.
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The screen shifted to a dark room, the glow of a single bulb illuminating a well-worn desk. A man sat behind it, scribbling notes with an old pen. His voice broke the silence.
> "Project HeartSync was never about love. It was about power."
Rina froze.
"That voice…" she whispered. "That's… my father."
Eliot leaned in. "Your father?"
She nodded, her hand trembling.
The man on the screen continued, his face obscured by shadows.
> "Rina Kane's bloodline was never an accident. She's the key to HeartSync's success. If we combine her emotional depth with Eliot Vale's genetic code, we'll unlock a new stage of the program—the ultimate control."
Rina recoiled, horrified.
"Wait, you're saying… my father wanted to use me as a weapon?" Her voice shook.
Eliot clenched his fists.
"That's not just some twisted experiment," he muttered. "It's manipulation on a genetic scale. He used your bloodline to create something—someone—unstoppable."
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The camera zoomed in on the man's face. The shadow lifted for just a moment.
And Rina gasped.
Her father—Dr. Thomas Kane—was smiling.
But it wasn't a fatherly smile. It was a predatory one.
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Eliot grabbed her shoulders.
"We need to finish this. We can't let him control us anymore."
Rina's heart raced. "But we don't even know who we are anymore, Eliot. We've been broken and rebuilt, over and over. How can we stop him if we don't even understand what we were meant to be?"
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Outside, the snow was coming down harder. In the cabin, the warmth of the fire no longer seemed to comfort them.
Rina turned back to the screen.
"We were never supposed to be together. We were a weapon."
Eliot pulled her close, his hands firm on her back.
"No, Rina," he whispered fiercely. "We were never just a weapon. We were meant to be. And they can't take that from us. We choose this, together."
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Author's Note:
When love is built from chaos, it finds its own truth. If you're with them through this revelation, add Billionaire in Disguise to your collection. Every save tells their story: one of defiance, survival, and love that breaks every boundary.
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