Chapter 10 – The Man Who Refused to Break
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The Truth Finally Revealed
Evelyn sat beside Adrian in the dimly lit motel room, her fingers tracing the edges of the final letter he had written years ago.
She had left Michael behind.
She had chosen Adrian.
But now, she needed to know everything.
Adrian exhaled, his storm-gray eyes darker than she had ever seen them.
"You want the full story?" he murmured.
Evelyn nodded, heart pounding.
Adrian leaned back, staring at the ceiling.
"Then let me tell you where I've been for the last seven years."
And with that—he dragged her into the nightmare.
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Seven Years Ago – The Day He Was Taken
Adrian had never been the kind of person to feel fear.
But when he woke up, tied to a chair, surrounded by cold, unfamiliar walls, he knew something was very, very wrong.
A single overhead light flickered above him, casting long shadows against the damp concrete floor.
His wrists burned where the ropes cut into his skin.
A tall, broad-shouldered man stood in front of him, his face hidden in the darkness.
"You're awake," the man said, his voice calm.
Adrian's eyes flicked to the side. There were five men in the room. Armed. Watching him.
His instincts screamed danger.
Adrian forced himself to stay still. "Where am I?"
The man chuckled. "That doesn't matter."
Adrian's jaw clenched. It mattered.
Then—
The man stepped into the light, and Adrian's breath stilled.
He recognized the emblem on his suit.
The insignia of Orion's Circle.
A secret organization connected to politicians, criminals, and underground dealings.
The same people his father had been investigating before he died.
Adrian's blood ran cold.
They hadn't just killed his father.
They had come for him.
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The Strongest Prisoner
For the next seven years, Adrian was held in Blackgate Facility—an underground prison for people the world was never supposed to see again.
It wasn't just a prison. It was a war zone.
Men were thrown into it like animals, forced to fight, to survive.
And Adrian?
He became the strongest one there.
He fought every day.
Broke every bone in his body.
And yet, he never lost.
Because he had something the others didn't.
A reason to survive.
A name he refused to forget.
Evelyn.
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The Escape – One Man vs. An Entire Organization
Seven years later—Adrian finally saw his chance.
Orion's Circle had grown overconfident.
They thought Adrian was too broken to fight back.
They were wrong.
One night, during a prisoner transfer, Adrian made his move.
The first guard didn't even have time to scream before Adrian snapped his neck.
The second guard drew his weapon—
Adrian grabbed his wrist, twisted— CRACK. The gun fell to the ground.
A third guard lunged at him—Adrian ducked, grabbed his shoulder, and drove his knee into his ribs.
He fought through ten men before the alarms went off.
Then came the real battle.
Adrian ripped a gun from one of the fallen guards and turned Blackgate into a battlefield.
He took every hit.
Every bullet.
Every wound.
And yet, he kept moving.
Because nothing—nothing—was going to stop him from getting back to her.
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Back to the Present
Evelyn's hands shook.
"You… you fought an entire organization?" she whispered.
Adrian exhaled, running a hand through his hair. "I didn't have a choice."
Evelyn stared at him, her chest tightening.
This was why he had never come back.
This was why she had never heard from him.
He had been trapped in a hell she couldn't even imagine.
And somehow, he had survived.
She reached out, her fingers trembling as they brushed over his hand.
Adrian froze.
"You came back for me," Evelyn whispered.
Adrian looked at her then, his expression raw, his walls finally breaking.
"Of course I did."
Evelyn's eyes burned with tears.
She didn't care about the past anymore.
She didn't care about the lost time.
Because Adrian had fought through hell to get back to her.
And she wasn't going to let him go again.
Not now.
Not ever.
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