Revenge After Divorce by Black Rose

Chapter 271

Chapter 271

MARCUS

The frustration burned deep in my chest as I paced back and forth, the news my men brought me hanging heavy in the air. They had scoured the island, every inch of it, and still hadn’t found Olivia. It was the same thing Luke and the others told me.

But I refused to believe she was gone. I knew, I knew, she was still here, hidden somewhere we hadn’t thought to look. Somewhere unexpected. Somewhere like the cemetery

The team had reported that Xander had appeared there before, slipping through Luke’s men as if he had melted into the shadows, One minute, they had seen nothing. The next, he was standing right in front of them. No one knew how he had gotten past the guards. No one had seen am come or go. That had to mean something.

But the real clue came when he told Luke to pull his men out of the cemetery. That wasn’t just a warning, it was a message. Xander had been close to the cemetery. He had been in it. And that was the one place we hadn’t searched thoroughly for Olivia. The cemetery was the last place they would think to look, because it was the last place anyone would expect something like this to happen.

I could feel the urgency clawing at me. The longer we waited, the more chance Xander had to do whatever he was planning. I didn’t trust him. Not for a second. After everything he had lost, I didn’t think he would honour any deal he had made with Luke. Xander had a vendetta, and I was sure that whatever his plan was, it was far more dangerous than anything he had promised.

Without hesitation, I ordered my men to move out. We had to find him before he disappeared again. The stakes were too high.

into two groups: one would cover the southern perimeter of the cemetery, the other the eastern side. I took the northern

steady but ominous. My heart pounded in my chest, each beat a reminder of the danger we were in, and of the woman I

like him couldn’t be trusted, especially not after what had happened to his father. That anger had to be consuming him. He had made a deal with Luke, but I didn’t believe

there was something in the air, something tense, something that made. the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. I could sense it before

something. No one in my crew would be carrying anything other than their guns. This man, however,

he laid something down next to a gravestone.

second. My instincts kicked in, and before I could think, I raised my gun and fired. The first shot hit him in the shoulder, sending him stumbling backward. He grunted in pain, but didn’t fall. I fired again, this time hitting his side. He dropped to the ground with a heavy thud, the knife in his

moonlight.

ears. There was no time to waste. I knew he wasn’t out of the fight,

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up. My eyes locked onto Olivia’s still form,

a sharp ache in my chest as I looked down at her. She was so pale, so lifeless, her eyes. distant, unfocused. She didn’t recognize ine, not at first. M

I whispered, my voice strained, almost broken. “I’s me, love.

there. I shook her gently, desperation clawing at me. “My love, look at me,” I urged, by

she didn’t react. Then, slowly, her eyes flickered,