The last heiress

Part VIII — Betrayals and Close Calls

Saïd’s camp fractured. Pablo stayed loyal, but Karim plotted mutiny.

Karim: “She’s a risk. Dead, we’re free.” Pablo: “Alive, she’s power.”

Gunfire erupted between factions. Jonas shielded Elin, wounded but unyielding. Anna, scarred yet alive, rejoined them. She saw Elin’s hand clasped in Jonas’s and said nothing — though her eyes told volumes.

Karim led them through secret passages, glancing back constantly. Each step carried the weight of his family’s lives; he swallowed fear as bullets tore past.