Novels by Anthony

Young Master Richard smashed his fist onto the leather interior of his private office, his breathing heavy as his face twisted in intense humiliation. "It was our recipe! It had to be!" Sterling Blair shrieked right beside him, her fingers clawing at her own hair in deep corporate panic."The trash driver must have crawled into my grandfather's secret archives before the banquet," Blair hissed, her voice shaking violently with rage. "He stole that ancient medical formula, rolled it into a mud ball, and used our property to trick CEO Cole!""You are completely right, Blair," Richard growled, his initial terror instantly warping back into deep financial arrogance as he adjusted his collar. "A useless doormat like Lucas doesn't suddenly become a god. He used an illegal, stolen asset to buy his way into the Horizon Group.""But he thinks a single piece of paper can save him from us," Richard sneered, pulling out an encrypted satellite phone and dialing a number. "I don't care if Sarah Col

The absolute silence in the grand auditorium felt incredibly heavy, stretching out like a tight wire as every eye locked onto the back row. Lucas stood completely straight in the center aisle, his worn jacket stained with rain, yet his presence commanded the room like a king.Sarah Cole gripped the edge of her mahogany table, her pale fingers trembling slightly as the echo of his voice vibrated directly inside her mind. The suffocating pain in her chest flared up violently, but for the first time in her life, a strange warmth flickered behind her frozen heart."What did you just say, you pathetic street rat?" Young Master Richard roared, breaking the silence as his face twisted into a mask of pure fury. "You dare stand in front of CEO Cole and lie through your teeth just to pull off a disgusting, cheap financial scam?"Sterling Blair let out a sharp, piercing laugh, waving her hand toward the front row to gather the support of her wealthy allies. "He is completely out of his mind, Lin

The small, dingy room smelled heavily of cheap alcohol and damp plaster as the radio on the counter buzzed static. Lucas stood by the cracked window, his eyes narrowing as his phone screen suddenly lit up. He had taken this burner phone from Richard’s fallen enforcer, and the local bounty board was now flashing deep crimson."Fifty million dollars for my head," Lucas murmured, his fingers tightening against the plastic frame until it groaned under his grip. "And they want Maya taken alive... Blair, you truly have no bottom to your cruelty." The mortal part of his mind trembled, but deep within his chest, the ancient, sleeping Emperor merely sneered.He needed capital immediately to move her into a high-security private facility where Richard’s hired scum could never touch her. He grabbed a worn jacket, slipping out into the dark night toward the bustling, neon-lit alleyways of the Oakhaven night market. He spent his last few dollars on ordinary ginseng, withered lotus seeds, and commo

Young Master Richard clutched his trembling hands behind his back, forcing his face to harden as he sucked in a sharp, unsteady breath. "Don't just stand there like brainless statues!" Richard shrieked frantically, stamping his leather shoe against the floor as his face twisted into an ugly, desperate mask. "Arrest this pathetic animal right now! He is a murderous runaway who belongs in a high-security cage!"The senior police officer recovered from his initial shock, gripping his heavy steel baton tightly as his eyes narrowed into a nasty sneer. "You heard the young master, trash," the officer barked loudly, stepping forward with an arrogant, practiced stride that echoed down the quiet hallway. "You are under arrest for the attempted murder of Elder Sterling and for using illegal, unregistered biological chemical weapons on private citizens."Lucas did not take a single step backward, his posture perfectly straight and his chest rising slowly as he towered over them with a chilling a

The lead enforcer inside the ICU ward pressed his calloused finger harder against the main power switch, his lips curling into a jagged, hideous smile. "Say goodnight to your worthless brother, little girl," he muttered under his breath, his eyes gleefully fixed on the flatlining numbers.Outside the glass partition, the other two guards burst into a quiet, cruel round of laughter, completely amused by the innocent girl's impending death. "That crippled driver is probably drowning in a puddle right now anyway," one of them chuckled, crossing his massive arms over his chest."Two bodies down, one massive payday for us. Young Master Richard really knows how to treat his loyal boys." The heavy electronic sliding door suddenly glided open with a soft, trailing hiss, cutting their shared laughter short.Lucas stepped over the threshold, his clothes drenched in neon-tainted rainwater, his posture completely straight and unyielding. His eyes were no longer dull and submissive; they burned wi

The wind howled in his ears, a roaring vortex of cold air and freezing rain that tore at his clothes as the ground rushed up to meet him. Lucas stared blindly at the receding, shattered window of the skyscraper, his broken legs dangling uselessly beneath him in the empty air.Sterling Blair’s cruel smirk and Young Master Richard’s mocking laughter burned into his mind, fueling a blazing fire of hatred in his chest. "They are going to kill Maya," he thought frantically, his fingers clawing at the empty air as the dark asphalt loomed closer."I can’t die yet. I promised our father I would protect her. I can't leave her alone in this merciless world!" A sickening, deafening crash echoed through the narrow alleyway as his body violently smashed into the rain-slicked concrete.The impact shattered his remaining ribs, punctured his lungs, and tore through his flesh, sending a fountain of dark blood splashing into the puddles. He lay twisted in the darkness, suffocating on his own blood, una