The Divorced Military Queen Awakens (by Sadie Baxter) novel Chapter 639

Chapter 639 After The Darkness

Chapter 639 After The Darkness

“Julius, you-” Quinn barely drew back, words brushing his mouth before he seized her again, sw whatever she meant to say.

He clung to her like a wanderer dying of thirst who had found the only spring in miles.

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Quinn blinked, then yielded, cupping the back of his head and soothing him with patient, unhurried strokes.

His throat bobbed; lids drifted shut, as though her touch alone could grant a fragile peace.

Only she could banish the shadows, warm the blood that had always run cold, convince him he was not alone on this hostile planet.

At last, after what felt like the turning of seasons, the kiss ebbed and their foreheads rested together, breath mingling.

Quinn searched his face. “Julius?”

“Mm.” The sound was soft, but real.

“Are you clear–headed now?” Her gaze probed him; the vacant glaze was gone, replaced by awareness locked onto her.

“I am.” His voice was a rasp. “I’m sorry I frightened you earlier.”

He had fortified himself in advance, yet the mixture of his mother’s recorded voice and the drugged perfume had still snared him in his father’s trap.

Without Quinn stepping in, he would have followed that suggestion all the way to de

Once again, she had dragged him back from the brink.

Julius lifted a tentative hand, brushing the faint bruise blooming on her cheek. “Did I… do this to you a moment ago?”

He could not remember striking her; the mark had not existed before.

“It wasn’t your intention. Don’t worry about it.” Her tone was light, almost teasing.

He was highly trained; in a close–quarters scuffle, bruises were inevitable, and she accepted that as the price of stopping him.

“I’m despicable,” Julius muttered, disgust twisting his features.

“Save the guilt for later. If you must beat yourself up, do it after we’re out of here—your father is still loose.”

All three of them had fallen, yet only the two of them now occupied the hidden chamber.

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Chapter 639 After The Darkness

Julius dipped his head in silent agreement.

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Even awake, the perfume thickened the air, nudging at his mind like invisible fingers. They had to fast.

He had never known this escape tunnel existed; it must have been built when the villa went up, a secret exit reserved for emergencies.

Quinn stopped before a stretch of stone smeared with the ghost of a footprint. When she rapped her knuckles against that section, the hollow echo differed from every other slab she had tested.

Could this be the exit hidden in plain sight?

She met Julius‘ eyes, silent understanding passing between them. Together they began feeling along the chamber, searching for whatever mechanism would betray the secret.

Then, Julius‘ boot depressed a loose tile tucked into the corner. Stone ground against stone; with a muffled groan, the wall slid aside.

The exit.

They did not wait. Quinn and Julius stepped through at once, plunging into the night.

The moment their boots touched open ground, they froze. Not far away, Joaquin stood bathed in moonlight, a serene smile softening his cruel features. “You made it out,” he called, voice low and pleased. “I knew you wouldn’t disappoint me.”

Color drained from Quinn and Julius alike. In the same heartbeat, they raised their pistols, sights locking onto Joaquin.

“What now? Planning to shoot me?” Joaquin’s chuckle floated across the clearing. “I didn’t come unprepared. One press of the switch in my hand and the three of us–no, four.”

He let his gaze drift to Quinn’s stomach. “All of us die. I wired explosives beneath yo

“Then I’ll kill you before that finger moves,” Julius muttered, eyes like ice.

“Will you stake Quinn and the child she carries on that gamble?” Joaquin asked lazily. “Are you certain your bullet travels faster than my thumb?”

He couldn’t. Risk his own life–yes. But Quinn’s life, their unborn child’s?

That was a wager he refused to place.

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