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.”

It made sense. The video didn’t show windows. No natural light.

again, and this time he zoomed in on something I hadn’t even paid attention to… a

frame and enhanced

see this?”

a faint blur in the tray’s reflection. A circular outline. Thin, bolted. I

fucking porthole,” Saint said. “Marine grade. Small ship design. It’s facing east – based

the video.”

stared, breath caught somewhere between a curse and a scream. “You’re

interrupted coldly, like it wasn’t the most important thing I’d heard all fucking

He zoomed in again.

not for torture. It’s an anchor latch. These models are welded in

“Jesus… someone muttered.

voice I hadn’t expected to hear… Soft.

panels,” she said, barely above

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this whole time. She’s been quiet, focused, and tapping away on her tereen or looked like one

tight ponytail, eyes like polished glass. I’d caught Norlan stealing

before her, instinctively, waiting to hear

swear to fuck,

it was Norlan. This was a branch of his own job. He knew all these. But, guess who was feigning ignorance just because of a woman he just met…?

him about this when

quarters. It’s designed to trick the body into thinking it’s daytime. That’s why Kasmine didn’t show signs of jet

stared at her for a