Lmao I can never get over how easily some readers forget the characters in this book, but it's understandable. Seth is one of the members of Valkyrie; he's the guy who sexually assaulted Scarlett until Harry swooped in and saved the day. SO WE NOW KNOW HES A SPY FROM OMEGA FROM THE PREVIOUS CHAPTER.

Donovan appeared in two chapters about three chapters ago. He's from Omega, the guy Scarlett slept with, the guy who's also helping Valkyrie by providing Omega info. HE IS NOT A BAD GUY!

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H A R R Y 💀

I was zoning out. The worry and paranoia was practically suffocating as I chewed on the inside of my cheek until I could taste blood, and I did. I let out a small sigh, running my fingers through my long locks before bringing my hand back down to tug on my lower lip in thought. I was contemplating on leaving the meeting to go find Scarlett again. She should've been back by now, but she wasn't, and that had me worried as fuck. I never should've let her go with Seth. I never trusted that prick.

"Harry? Are you paying attention?" Vlad questioned sharply, his gruff voice ripping me out of my thoughts as I lowered my brows and shook my head.

"No."

"What? Why?" he frowned for a second, genuinely confused before it dawned upon him. "Where's Scarlett?"

"She left something in our apartment, so she went back with Seth since he said you needed me 'urgently," I said, with air quotations, making Vlad frown once again.

"I never sent Seth to call you for me," Vlad said, making my eyebrows lower all of a sudden and my eyes narrow. "Oh shit."

"Fucking bastard," I snarled, immediately standing up and heading towards the exit of the room before the lights went out all of a sudden.

"What happened to the fucking lights?" I screeched, frustrated with the lack of sight as I stumbled out of the room before pressing my hand to the wall nearby.

I dug my hand into my pocket, pulling out my phone and tapping the icon with the flashlight on it. Immediately the bright light shone through the hallway; soon enough everyone else had their phones out with the light on. I first off tried calling Scarlett, but after three or four times of ringing her: she didn't answer.

I wasn't sure if this was a signal that Omega were attacking us, or we were just experiencing some sort of power cut.

"Do you think that's a power cut, or just an indication that Omega is attacking us?" Vicky wondered out loud, as we stood in a circle outside the conference room.

"It could be either," Max said. "It's more likely that it's Omega attacking us, since we've now figured out Seth is a spy."

"Alright everybody, stay on guard. Jade, you go with Harry and help him find Scarlett. Max and I will go and check if it is indeed a power cut. Damien stick with Sami all the time and protect him. Niall stick with Vicky, we should've thrown you onto one of those buses," Vlad said as Niall scowled lightly. "You and Sami."

"Well too bad. We're practically the brains in this team, you needed us," Niall folded his arms over his chest as I rolled my eyes.

"Too bad you don't have any brawn," I couldn't help but say, making Niall frown tightly at me.

"I think we should get Scarlett and Sami out of here as fast as possible, that is as soon as you find Scarlett of course," Vicky suggested making me nod lightly.

"You're right, Damien and Sami, you two head to the garage and we'll meet you there once I've got Scarlett," I said quickly, utterly impatient. "I need to go now, stay safe everyone!"

With that I darted off, not even bothering to check whether Jade was behind me or not. Suddenly, the ground shook. A bomb had gone off. Jade and I stumbled due to the shaking, my hands pressing against the wall as I held myself up, a tight expression of worry etching onto my face. Next came gun shots, multiple gun shots ran through the air I suddenly ducked down, loosing my footing again when the building moved, due to the bomb that had gone off.

"Fucking hell, they're going off earlier!" Jade exclaimed, grabbing onto the back of my shirt to steady herself. "We need to find her now!"

I moved forwards in response, turning left sharply to avoid the gunshots that were coming. A large cloud of fiery smoke filled the hallways as I ran as fast as I could. The only place I knew she would be at was at the apartment building. I wasn't sure whether the bombs there have started to go off as well. I could only hope and pray that I'd find her before they get her.

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S C A R L E T T 💣

"What was that?" I asked in a hushed whisper, grabbing onto Donovan's wrist. "Was that one of the bombs?"

"Shit, they're going off earlier than what was set," Donovan cursed under his breath. "We need to find Harry."

"He's probably looking for me," I huffed under my breath as we climbed down the stairs quickly. "Are you sure you still don't know where the bombs are?"

"Positive. Only Viola knows," Donovan answered shortly. "Plus, since one of them have already gone off, it's too dangerous to even try and locate the other ones."

I simply nodded in response, stepping out of the building only to come face to face with a couple of the αήττητος members. Donovan quickly grabbed my arm harshly, whispering to me to play along in a hushed tone. I bit my lip and did as he said so, continuing to stay on guard because after the Seth incident, I just couldn't trust anyone properly at the moment.

"Well well well Phoenix," Viola spoke in her deep voice, rich with confidence and power as I swallowed thickly. "Missed me?"

"No."

"Don't be so grumpy," Viola pouted, before looking up at The Organization that was collapsing slowly. The first bomb that went off wasn't enough at all to take down the whole building, that's why it was still standing. "I should go pay your boyfriend a little visit, see what kind of last words he has to say before I slit his throat," she smirked at me maliciously, while I bit my tongue, trying not to lunge at her and rip her apart.

"Stay with her in the car," she instructed Donovan sharply who nodded curtly, tugging me along to the Cadillac that stood nearby. We got in as Viola and the rest of the team left, disappearing into the building.

"Wait for a minute," Donovan said quietly, gaze fixated on Viola and αήττητος walking into the building.

While we waited for a bit, I wondered if I could call Harry and just find out where he was. I tried doing so, dialing his number and holding my phone up to my ear anxiously. But there was no answer, no matter how many times I tried. This caused worry to sink into my heart, making me bite my lip harshly as I gripped my phone tightly and exited the car.

The lights flickered as we jogged down the hallways, trying to locate anyone at all who could tell us where Harry was. My stomach tightened when I spotted dead bodies, all of them belonging to The Organization but none belonging to Valkyrie. Donovan stopped abruptly when we heard gunshots break through the air. We exchanged a look, before advancing quickly, pressing our backs against the wall where around the corner, led to the next hallway where the gunshots were heard from.

I took a quick glance around the corner. My blood boiled with anger when I saw the mighty Makoa fisting Louis' t-shirt and lifting him up as Ebony had her arm wrapped around Liam's neck tightly, forcing him to watch as Makoa was about to end Louis' life. Without hesitation, I moved around the corner and lifted my bow and arrow up, letting one fly to strike Makoa in the head. But he quickly sensed movement behind him, turning swiftly and missing the arrow. He growled when he saw me with Donovan, narrowing his dark eyes before throwing Louis against the wall.

Louis' head collided with the wall, knocking him out cold as Liam wailed, watching Louis' body slump against the floor. Immediately I had an arrow drawn back, allowing it to fly, only for Makoa to duck again, but this time it hit Ebony in the face, piercing her eyeball. Her arms around Liam loosened and she fell to the ground, dead. Makoa barely paid attention to her death, only glancing back before turning to face Donovan and I, cracking his knuckles and holding his fists up. It was a sign he wanted to fight without any weapons.

Donovan put his guns down, shooting me a look when I still held onto my bow. My face twisted with annoyance, reluctantly dropping my bow, and setting my quiver down before pulling my fists up in front of my face. I had my knife in my pocket anyways. Donovan and I once again exchanged a look before I went charging towards Makoa, sprinting before dropping to my knees and sliding under his widespread legs. I jumped up from behind him, causing him to spin around before I swung my fist at his face.

My clenched fist crashed into his jaw, sending his head snapping towards the corner but also causing me to retract my arm in pain. Makoa was the strongest out of all of us, the vibranium in him was extra powerful, so it hurt like hell whenever I had to throw a punch at him. It was hard to determine his weaknesses, but there were some. I just had to find out what they were.

Donovan came up from behind him just as Makoa tried to punch me, making me duck down. Donovan jumped onto Makoa, clambering onto the giant's body until he was sitting on his shoulder, twisting his legs around Makoa's neck. Donovan continuously drove his elbow into the top of Makoa's head, pounding continuously until Makoa let out a mighty roar. He stumbled to the side, before swinging the top half of this body against the wall, causing Donovan to collide with the wall a couple of times until his legs loosened.

Makoa quickly took advantage of that and lifted his hands up to grab ahold of Donovan, pulling him off. Donovan fell to the floor with a thud before he was up and on his feet again. But Makoa quickly had his fingers wrapped around Donovan's throat, making him gasp for air as his hands came up to clutch the thick ones that were wound tightly around his neck.

My hand dove into my pocket to grab my knife just as Makoa took his from his belt and drove it straight through Donovan's heart. Donovan let out a strangled cry of pain just as I shoved my knife straight into Makoa's heart from the back. My eyes pricked with tears as I realized I was too late, watching the life drain out of Donovan's eyes while we made eye contact.

"I'm sorry," I mouthed to him, pushing the knife further into Makoa, making him groan throatily but also causing him to do the same with his knife.

I was caught off-guard when Makoa lifted his arm and jabbed me right in the neck with his elbow. I gasped for air, clutching my throat as my eyes burned with tears due to the throbbing pain in my throat as I hunched over. A strangled cry escaped my lips when I felt thick fingers wrap around my ponytail, my scalp burning harshly when my head was tugged back sharply. A blade was pressed to the skin of my neck, already drawing blood as Makoa stared down at me.

"How the fuck are you still alive?" I managed to hiss, keeping my fist curled, and knee ready.

"You missed my heart," he said gruffly, before proceeding to slit my throat. But before he could do so, I quickly kneed him in the crotch, hard.

His grip on my hair loosened easily, as he groaned deeply, cupping his package in his pants before I pulled my fist down, jutting it upwards to hit him straight in the jaw with a powerful uppercut. His head snapped upward, stumbling back clumsily in a daze before I swung my fist at him again with rage. He continued to stagger back; never falling down as I threw more and more punches, blinded with rage. At some point, I jumped and spun in the air, swinging my leg powerfully, allowing the side of my foot to collide with his cheek forcefully. This had him crashing to the floor.

I blew out a sharp breath; causing a strand of my hair that stuck to the front of my face, fly up and out of the way. Keeping my eye on him, I walked backwards and picked up the knife he used to stab Donovan. Bending over his body, I grabbed a fistful of his hair, staring down at him menacingly while he looked blankly at me, features slightly contorted in pain. Without any hesitation, I drove the blade straight into his skin from under his chin, killing him instantly.

As soon as I pulled the knife out a voice spoke up from behind me, causing me to spin around in surprise. It was Damien. It was only after I had killed Makoa, I realized that Liam was still there with an unconscious Louis in his arms, tears streaming down his cheeks with his lips parted in shock at what he just saw.

"Liam," I whispered, dropping the knife and crawling over to him. I touched Louis cheek, before sliding my fingers around his neck to feel his pulse. He was still alive. "You have to get out of here, now."

He nodded shakily in response, asking me to help him up with Louis. As much as I wanted to tell him to get himself and Louis out of here by himself, I couldn't leave him alone, especially not when there were Omega members lurking around in his place. Plus he needed help to heave Louis' unconscious body around.

"Scarlett!"

I spun around, feeling relief flood my body when I noticed the two figures running towards us as Max, Vicky and Damien. However, I was worried and frustrated again, because Harry wasn't with them, neither was Sami and Vlad.

"One of you help Liam get Louis out of here," I instructed.

"I'll help," Vicky offered, moving to the other side of Louis' and throwing one of his arms over her shoulder. "You be careful, okay?" Vicky said to me, making me nod sharply.

"You too!" I said, before they left. I turned to Max and Damien. "Where's Harry?"

"He was with Jade," Damien told me. "Wait let me call her." Damien left us momentarily to call Jade as I ran my fingers through my hair worriedly before turning to Max.

"Where are Vlad and Sami?"

"Omega brought a ton of people for back up. Vlad and I were with the rest of the people from The Organization who stayed behind to help out, I ended up losing him in the commotion. I don't know where he is now," Max said in a grim tone, making me bite my lip harshly.

"Why the fuck is everyone just lost?" I groaned out loud. "We need to find Jade, Vlad and Sami and get them out, along with you guys. I need to find Harry as well," I said through gritted teeth. At the same time, Damien quickly returned, saying that Vlad was with Jade at the moment and wanted to speak to me.

"Where's Harry?" I asked him straightaway.

"Apparently with Viola. She and αήττητος attacked Harry and Jade, knocking her out and taking Harry away. Jade just woke up and she doesn't know where he is," Vlad said to me, making me groan out loud in frustration.

"Where the fuck is Sami then?" I questioned sharply.

"Damien says he was jumped on by three other people from Omega and they took Sami as well. They might be leaving the building, I'm not sure," Vlad responded.

"Fuck, what should we do?"

"Okay, you should go with Damien and find Harry. Tell Max to meet Jade and I near the mess hall, we'll go look for Sami and again," Vlad told me firmly, making me mutter in agreement. "We have to hurry, the other two bombs will be going off soon. One of the bombs in the apartment already did."

With that Vlad ended the call. I reported whatever he said to me back to Max who nodded sharply and disappeared quickly, leaving me with Damien. Picking up Donovan's guns, I tucked on into the back of my jeans while sliding the other one into my belt. Damien and I exchanged a look before we proceeded to look for the love of my life.

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- this chapter and the next one is probably the last action/violent assassin related chapters in this book, because the Omega probably will disappear soon by the next few chapters. The rest of the book will just be about Harry and Scarlett moving on before I end it. So I'm looking at approx 10 or 15 chapters left. I DONT KNOW FOR SURE!

- any predictions for the next chapter? It's gonna have y'all shook, idk so far nobody has predicted what I have in mind, but let's see the new round of predictions after I post this chapter.

SORRY FOR THE LONG A/Ns

Until we meet again...

t.m.