[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-bound-to-my-enemy":3,"chapter-bound-to-my-enemy-bound-to-my-enemy-chapter-262":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Bound to my Enemy",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1599934,2067,"Chapter 262.","bound-to-my-enemy-chapter-262",262,"\u003Cp>Zane’s POV\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old site looks exactly how I remember it.....Abandoned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The large warehouse building stands in darkness beneath the dim evening sky, surrounded by rusting gates and overgrown grass that’s nearly swallowing parts of the pavement already.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nobody’s been here in years, not since everything went to hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucas steps out beside me, quietly scanning the property while the headlights from the cars behind us cut across the cracked concrete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This place gives serial killer vibes,\" he mutters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Comforting.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m serious.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly? The place unsettles me too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Always has, especially after that night my sister died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I shove the thought away immediately before it can fully surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We’re heading to the security room,\" I tell him while moving toward the side entrance. The heavy metal door groans loudly when I shove it open, dust immediately hits my nose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The inside smells old and almost rotten, like stale air and forgotten memories. Our footsteps echo as we move deeper inside the building, everywhere I look feels frozen in time. Cobwebs stretch across corners thick enough to catch the light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucas shines his phone flashlight around quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You seriously never came back here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not even once?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I shake my head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Couldn’t.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because for a long time even hearing Aria’s name felt like somebody shoving a knife into my chest. Coming back here willingly? After catching my best friend with her? And her dyin shortly after?. Impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We finally reach the security room at the far end of the hallway or what used to be the security room anyway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now it just looks like another dead forgotten space. Dust coats every surface thickly, the monitors are ancient and half smashed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wiring hanging from the ceiling looks like it’s been rotting for years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well,\" Lucas mutters while looking around. \"This looks promising.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I ignore the sarcasm and move toward the main system anyway. Maybe by some miracle....Nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I press buttons, try switches even attempt reconnecting some cables.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dead, completely dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fuck.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucas leans against the doorway watching me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anything?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I slam the side of one monitor harder than necessary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still nothing...just more dust falling from the ceiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perfect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s a dead end,\" I mutter finally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The frustration hits hard, beecause for the first time since this whole thing started, it genuinely felt like we were close to something. And now?Nothing. Just dust and broken machines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucas stays quiet for a second before speaking suddenly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How did you know me and Aria were here years back?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The question catches me off guard enough that I pause and glance toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That night,\" he says carefully. \"How did you know we were here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stare at the dead monitors briefly before answering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thomas told me....well he didn’t exactly tell me directly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucas frowns slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What exactly did he say?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I rub a hand over my jaw slowly trying to remember clearly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He called saying he forgot some important documents here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucas’s expression sharpens immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And he’d already left for the night,\" I continue slowly. \"So I came back to get them cause I needed them the next day.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The memory suddenly feels strange now that I’m saying it aloud, I hadn’t thought deeply about it before... Not really.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucas pushes off the doorway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The documents were actually here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I go still. Then slowly shake my head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucas narrows his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They were still in the car.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence fills the room instantly, a heavy uncomfortable silence. Because now that I’m replaying it in my head...Yeah. That was weird as hell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucas studies me carefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So you don’t find that odd?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At the time?\" I shrug slightly. \"Yeah maybe. But I didn’t think much of it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why would I have?Thomas had been around forever and I trusted him completely. Still do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Something cold slowly settles in my stomach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I turn sharply toward Lucas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Show me the picture.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He blinks once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What picture?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The person you said was a suspect?.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucas hesitates briefly before pulling his phone from his pocket. The bright screen lights the dusty room faintly while he unlocks it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I started drom the poisoning, I checked and dug into it. Someone was trying really hard to frame you for everything, so hard that it looked suspicious as hell, so I took Elaine’s advice and looked in to it, very detailedly. I gt in direct contact with the dealer, he said the person buying never came to him directly to buy it... he paid for it, then gave him a location to drop it at. So I traced the accounts involved in purchasing the poison,\" he explains while scrolling. \"The trail eventually led to this name.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I move closer immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I tracked the name for weeks,\" Lucas continues. \"But nobody around us recognized it. Nobody connected to you recognized it either.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shakes his head slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So I figured maybe I hit another dead end.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then finally he stops scrolling and turns the screen toward me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second I see the picture and My entire body goes cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No fucking way.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucas’s expression changes instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You know her?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I stare at the woman on the screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Older and Smiling faintly in the picture. I know that face, I know it very well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My pulse starts pounding hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It...\" My voice catches briefly. \"It doesn’t make sense.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucas steps closer immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I look back at him slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She’s dead.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The woman in that picture,\" I say carefully. \"She died years ago.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lucas stares at me now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re sure?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because I remember the funeral and I remember him barely speaking for months afterward. I remember helping pay for hospital bills before she died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s no fucking way I’m mistaken.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who is she?\" Lucas asks quietly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I look back at the picture again and suddenly something deep in my gut twists violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because if this woman somehow connects to everything...Then this gets way worse, way too fucking close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I swallow once before answering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s Thomas’s mother.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",999,"2026-06-06T09:39:37.420Z",1,"novelbin.me","4affe398862371d41ada8cb73149c268740748752bcb8137c02bc0c6d4c9e1a9","bound-to-my-enemy-chapter-263","bound-to-my-enemy-chapter-261",266,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fbound-to-my-enemy-cover.jpg"]