Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 364

KESTER.

Saint didn’t even turn his head. He just said, “What is it?”

Kyrie rotated his laptop to face the table and paused the video on a frame I’d already seen too many goddamn times.

But this time, he did something different.

He tweaked the sound levels. Stripped it layer by layer like he was cutting flesh from bone.

“You hear that?” he asked, dragging the slider higher.

Everyone leaned in. A low creaking sound came through the speakers. It was barely audible, but… There

“That’s not the chair. It’s background resonance,” Kyrie said, tapping the screen. “Rhythmic and subtle. Like a steady sway.”

I frowned. “What the fuck does that mean?”

“It means,” he said without looking at me, “this room is in motion. The whole structure is shifting slightly every three seconds. I matched the frequency. It’s not an earthquake, it’s too consistent. It’s water movement. They’re on something afloat.”

Saint finally turned, just enough to flick his cold gaze to Kyrie. “A ship,” he said.

“Exactly,” Kyrie nodded. “Mid–sized. Single engine. Something they could keep off–grid, no radar signature.”

didn’t show windows. No natural light. Just those

zoomed in on something I hadn’t even paid attention to… a metal tray set behind

the frame and

see this?” he

faint blur in the tray’s reflection. A circular

facing east

the video.”

caught somewhere between a curse

wasn’t

He zoomed in again.

These models are welded in emergency rooms of military boats.

“Jesus… someone muttered.

the voice I hadn’t

said, barely above a whisper, but every

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quiet, focused, and tapping away on her tereen or looked like one

polished glass. I’d caught Norlan stealing glances at her all damn day, the locker thought I

her, instinctively,

and I swear to

these men were saying, it was Norlan. This was a branch of his

tease him about this when this

“Circadian panels. Meant to mimic sunlight in closed–off quarters. It’s designed to trick the body into thinking it’s daytime. That’s why Kasmine didn’t show signs of jet lag or disorientation – the ship is compensating. That system

at her for a