Chapter 5: Fragile Steps
Seraphina
The days blurred together in Damon Hale's penthouse. Sunlight streamed through towering windows in the mornings, painting the room in warm golds and soft grays, only to fade into city lights and shadows at night. The world outside felt distant, muffled by the thick glass and luxuri...
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Chapters
1. Chapter One: Fractured Glass
2. Chapter 2 - Work for me
3. Chapter 3 - Where are you?
4. Chapter 4: Fury and Fragility
5. Chapter 5: Fragile Steps
6. Chapter 6: A Taste of Warmth
7. Chapter 7: Shadows and Sunlight
8. Chapter 8: Beneath the Armor
9. Chapter 9: Breaking the Loop
10. Chapter 10: Protecting the Fire
11. Chapter 11: She was taken
12. Chapter 12: Fragile Walls
13. Chapter 13: Truths and Shadows
14. Chapter 14: Pads. With wings. Like a plane
15. Chapter 15: CHOCOLATE WITH HAZELNUTS – Mandatory Snack
16. Chapter 16: Mozart with a keyboard
17. Chapter 17 - Seraphina Cross
18. Chapter 18: Mr. Tokyo Drift
19. Chapter 19: Hey, lovebirds!
20. Chapter 20: Santa Claus, probably.
21. Chapter 21: Operation Graduation Glam
22. Chapter 22: A ring
23. Chapter 23: Stay with me
24. Chapter 24: I’m here, Sera.
25. Chapter 25: I’ve got you, Sera.
26. Chapter 26: Chocolate, an entire bakery, a new planet
27. Chapter 27: Her DNA
28. Chapter 28: Resting is… boring
29. Chapter 29: Show me I’m not broken
30. Chapter 30: Sera’s kryptonite
31. Chapter 31: Tokyo?
32. Chapter 32: Aegis
33. Chapter 33: A key hidden in plain sight
34. Chapter 34: Alpha-9-Charlie-Delta-7
35. Chapter 35: It’s… here
36. Chapter 36: Easy as pie
37. Chapter 37: The plan
38. Chapter 38: Too late
39. Chapter 39: How is she?
40. Chapter 40: You promised me, Sera.
41. Chapter 41: Sleeping
42. Chapter 42: I need you, Sera
43. Chapter 43: Took you long enough, genius girl
44. Chapter 44: Safe
45. Chapter 45: It’s okay to break
46. Chapter 46: I’ve got you, sweetheart.
47. Chapter 47: Recovery
48. Chapter 48: Valentine's Day
49. Chapter 49: One step. Then another.
50. Chapter 50: Happy birthday
51. Chapter 51: Strange? Us? Never.
52. Chapter 52: Let's see if your magic works
53. Chapter 53: Luke’s record
54. Chapter 54: Sera
55. Chapter 55: You’re building something here
56. Chapter 56: A doctor?
57. Chapter 57: Strategic matchmaking
58. Chapter 58: I think I’ve hit the jackpot
59. Chapter 59: Do you snore?
60. Chapter 60: It’s a trap
61. Chapter 61: Genius Hacker… and Bond Villain
62. Chapter 62: Absolutely terrifying. And brilliant.
63. Chapter 63: Luke
64. Chapter 64: A wolf pretending to be a sheep
65. Chapter 65: You’re scheming something, aren’t you?
66. Chapter 66: The doctor stare?
67. Chapter 67: Why are you all quiet?
68. Chapter 68: The sea
69. Chapter 69: Your Hacker Highness
70. Chapter 70: Fancy lingerie, Cross?
71. Chapter 71: Always. In all ways.
72. Chapter 72: Penny for your thoughts?
73. Chapter 73: My socks travel in pairs.
74. Chapter 74: Big brains need big energy
75. Chapter 75: Silent, invisible, and deadly.
76. Chapter 76: Specter
77. Chapter 77: You’re building a guardian. One that fights back.
78. Chapter 78: A legacy
79. Chapter 79: A shield. And, if necessary, a sword.
80. Chapter 80: It’s like the car has a mind of its own.
81. Chapter 81: We see you.
82. Chapter 82: They are coming
83. Chapter 83: There’s a pattern.
84. Chapter 84: Good luck, Seraphina. You’ll need it.
85. Chapter 85: Specter’s down.
86. Chapter 86: Priority.
87. Chapter 87: Preparing for battle
88. Chapter 88: A Game of Shadows
89. Chapter 89: This is just the beginning.
90. Chapter 90: What’s life without a little risk?
91. Chapter 91: You don’t caramelize garlic!
92. Chapter 92: Threat detected: High Priority.
93. Chapter 93: And now?
94. Chapter 94: We don’t give up on family.
95. Chapter 95: Specter Goes Live
96. Chapter 96: Unexpected Allies
97. Chapter 97: It’s full-scale cyber warfare.
98. Chapter 98: Eliminate the target
99. Chapter 99: Who are you?
100. Chapter 100: A Dangerous Alliance
101. Chapter 101: Fantastic.
102. Chapter 102: Oh, come on, Doc. You love the adrenaline.
103. Chapter 103: You picked the wrong family.
104. Chapter 104: Elena Cross
105. Chapter 105: Power. Control. Her mind.
106. Chapter 106: Tomorrow would change everything.
107. Chapter 107: We’ve never turned back, Damon.
108. Chapter 108: Oh, I like you, Hale.
109. Chapter 109: So what are you proposing?
110. Chapter 110: What do we do now?
111. Chapter 111: The Hunt Begins
112. Chapter 112: We’re the ones trying to keep you alive.
113. Chapter 113: Volkov
114. Chapter 114: That’s my Damon.
115. Chapter 115: RUN.
116. Chapter 116: I love technology.
117. Chapter 117: Move. Now.
118. Chapter 118: Hack the impossible.
119. Chapter 119: A flicker. A pulse.
120. Chapter 120: BOOM.
121. Chapter 121: Looks like we’re going to France.
122. Chapter 122: I was born ready.
123. Chapter 123: A demonstration.
124. Chapter 124: READY TO PLAY?
125. Chapter 125: LET’S SEE WHO SURVIVES.
126. Chapter 126: All of you.
127. Chapter 127: Sounds like a Tuesday.
128. Chapter 128: Bingo.
129. Chapter 129: Vienna.
130. Chapter 130: We need a new plan.
131. Chapter 131: That’s dramatic.
132. Chapter 132: You’re kidding me.
133. Chapter 133: It’s in your head, Seraphina.
134. Chapter 134: Oh, shit
135. Chapter 135: A Game of Queens
136. Chapter 136: That’s my girl.
137. Chapter 137: A Secret Too Heavy to Share
138. Chapter 138: Remind me never to piss you off.
139. Chapter 139: The Apex Initiative
140. Chapter 140: Did we create a monster?
141. Chapter 141: New life
142. Chapter 142: I hate you.
143. Chapter 143: Don’t tell anyone. It’ll ruin my reputation.
144. Chapter 144: You sound like a cooking show.
145. Chapter 145: Moral support.
146. Chapter 146: Chaos, Coffee, and Uninvited Guests
147. Chapter 147: Zayn and Tessa?
148. Chapter 148: That’s what I love about you.
149. Chapter 149: You taking bets?
150. Chapter 150: Wedding Plans
151. Chapter 151: So about the cake…
152. Chapter 152: A home. A wedding. A future. All of it.
153. Chapter 153: I’m doomed.
154. Chapter 154: This is what we’ve become? A social club?
155. Chapter 155: A ring
156. Chapter 156: Marry me, Doc.
157. Chapter 157: This was real.
158. Chapter 158: I don’t care about cake.
159. Chapter 159: Tell me you regret it.
160. Chapter 160: Mad? No. Annoyed? Absolutely.
161. Chapter 161: Define ‘drunk.
162. Chapter 162: Always in all ways.
163. Chapter 163: Make me
164. Chapter 164: So… wanna talk about it?
165. Chapter 165: She's missing
166. Chapter 166: I don’t even want to ask.
167. Chapter 167: That was disgustingly romantic.
168. Chapter 168: Protect her.
169. Chapter 169: Took you long enough.
170. Chapter 170: Are we really doing this?
171. Chapter 171: You snore.
172. Chapter 172: Do you want this, Sera?
173. Chapter 173: Pregnant.
174. Chapter 174: You’re impossible
175. Chapter 175: Oops.
176. Chapter 176: You’re sure?
177. Chapter 177: Do you actually think you could walk away?
178. Chapter 178: I put a baby in you.
179. Chapter 179: You’re cute when you’re mad.
180. Chapter 180: Saved by the idiot
181. Chapter 181: I am so screwed.
182. Chapter 182: You’re screwed, you know that?
183. Chapter 183: So, you gonna tell her?
184. Chapter 184: Rare exception
185. Chapter 185: You ready for the next step?
186. Chapter 186: I never thought I’d see the day
187. Chapter 187: Elena Steel
188. Chapter 188: This is going to be a nightmare.
189. Chapter 189: Damn, I love you
190. Chapter 190: My money’s on Elena.
191. Chapter 191: If this was a movie, they’d have kissed by now.
192. Chapter 192: You think they’ll last a week before something explodes?
193. Chapter 193: I should’ve brought popcorn
194. Chapter 194: You just can’t help yourself, can you?
195. Chapter 195: Plot twist.
196. Chapter 196: Smart woman
197. Chapter 197: A file with Dominic’s name on it.
198. Chapter 198: Give them a minute. Maybe two.
199. Chapter 199: You think we should help?
200. Chapter 200: At this point, it’s a reality show.
201. Chapter 201: You put a ring on my finger while I was asleep?
202. Chapter 202: Marry me.
203. Chapter 203: Best damn idea I’ve ever had
204. Chapter 204: A Wedding None of Them Saw Coming
205. Chapter 205: It was going to be one hell of a wedding.
206. Chapter 206: The Wedding of the Century
207. Chapter 207: Replaying the Madness
208. Chapter 208: The Great Nursery War
209. Chapter 209: My water broke
210. Chapter 210: That’s how babies work, Carter.
211. Chapter 211: Always. In all ways.
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