Chapter 11 - The Ashes Of The Fallen Empire
The completely cold and highly unforgiving wind of the dark and stormy Chicago night blew fiercely and aggressively through the completely shattered and heavily destroyed floor-to-ceiling windows,
sending a highly terrifying and deeply freezing chill directly and violently down my completely exhausted and heavily trembling spine.
Adrian wrapped his incredibly massive and highly muscular arms even more tightly and protectively around my small and heavily pregnant frame,
acting as an incredibly powerful and completely impenetrable human shield against the harsh and biting cold of the deeply chaotic and completely ruined penthouse.
I buried my tear-stained and completely pale face incredibly deeply into the comforting and highly familiar warmth of his broad and heavily bruised chest,
listening intently and desperately to the strong and highly steady rhythm of his fast and heavily pounding heart.
The massive and once-beautiful living room was now a completely unrecognizable and deeply terrifying wasteland of absolute and highly devastating destruction,
filled completely and entirely with the highly expensive and completely ruined remnants of his formerly pristine and highly luxurious life.
Marcus Hale stepped carefully and highly cautiously through the massive and heavily scattered piles of broken and highly sharp glass,
his completely dark and highly focused eyes constantly and rapidly scanning every single dark and highly shadowed corner of the massive and heavily damaged room.
"The entire perimeter is now completely and entirely secure,
boss,"
Marcus reported in a highly raspy and deeply exhausted voice,
his large and highly capable hands still gripping his massive and highly dangerous weapon with absolute and completely unwavering readiness.
"The remaining forces of the highly treacherous and completely defeated Cross family have completely and cowardly retreated into the dark and rainy night,
and our heavily armed and highly loyal men are currently and aggressively hunting down every single one of the highly desperate and completely broken survivors,"
he continued to explain with a highly ruthless and completely uncompromising tone of absolute and highly terrifying authority.
Adrian nodded slowly and highly thoughtfully,
his highly handsome and completely dirt-streaked face remaining incredibly rigid and completely carved from the hardest and most unforgiving stone.
"I want every single one of their hidden and highly guarded safehouses completely and violently raided before the morning sun finally and slowly rises over the terrified city,"
Adrian commanded with a highly terrifying and completely absolute finality,
his deep and highly vibrating voice echoing loudly and menacingly through the heavily destroyed and completely open penthouse.
"They dared to completely and violently threaten the sacred and highly protected life of my beautiful and highly innocent future wife,
and they dared to highly aggressively and completely unforgivably endanger the precious and highly delicate life of my unborn and completely innocent child,"
he growled deeply and highly fiercely,
his dark and highly intense eyes completely burning with an unquenchable and highly terrifying fire of absolute and ultimate vengeance.
I felt a sudden and highly overwhelming wave of extreme and completely paralyzing exhaustion violently and suddenly wash over my entire trembling and heavily battered body,
causing my weak and highly unsteady knees to suddenly and completely buckle underneath my heavily pregnant and completely exhausted weight.
Adrian caught me instantly and completely effortlessly before I could even slightly and barely stumble,
scooping my completely exhausted and highly fragile body smoothly and highly gently into his incredibly massive and highly protective arms.
"You are completely and incredibly safe now,
my beautiful and highly courageous Claire,"
he whispered incredibly softly and completely lovingly against my dirty and highly tangled hair,
pressing a deeply passionate and highly comforting kiss directly and firmly onto my pale and heavily sweating forehead.
"I am taking you far and completely away from this highly terrible and completely destroyed place,
and I promise you with every single beat of my highly devoted and completely obsessed heart that you will never have to witness such highly terrifying and completely awful violence ever again,"
he vowed passionately and completely absolutely,
carrying me carefully and highly purposefully toward the highly secure and completely untouched private VIP elevator located in the deep back of the massive penthouse.
The heavily armored and completely unyielding doors of the massive elevator slid smoothly and highly quietly shut,
completely and entirely sealing us away from the highly devastating and completely terrifying ruins of his former and highly dangerous life.
I rested my heavy and completely tired head against his highly muscular and incredibly warm shoulder,
feeling the highly comforting and completely reassuring movement of our highly active and completely healthy baby kicking gently and highly playfully against my heavily rounded stomach.
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We were finally and completely descending into the highly secure and completely protected underground parking garage,
where a highly massive and completely heavily armored convoy of extremely expensive and highly modified luxury vehicles was already and completely waiting to transport us to absolute and highly guaranteed safety.
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