All Chapters of Ethan Storm’s Dark Awakening : Chapter 301
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Elsa went silent. “…Galaxy?” she whispered. “What is that?” Ethan’s voice stayed calm. “Galaxy,” he said, “is the true power. The real base. The main body behind everything.” Elsa felt her breath shake. “I… I have never heard of it,” she said softly. “What is the Galaxy Consortium?” Ethan paused. Then he spoke slowly. “Galaxy,” he said, “is the most important consortium my family has ever had.” Elsa’s voice trembled. “Your… family?” she asked. “You mean… the Storm family?” “Yes,” Ethan replied. “The Storm family built it. And we have controlled it in secret… all this time.” Elsa’s eyes widened. “All this time…?” she whispered. “So… even when the Storm family fell… Galaxy still lived?” “Yes,” Ethan said gently. “It went into the dark. It hid. It stayed quiet. No one knew it was ours.” He took a slow breath. “And now,” he said, “I will wake it up again.” Elsa clutched the phone tighter. “So… Nova is not alone,” she said softly. “No,” Ethan answered. “Nova is
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The soft echo of footsteps carried through the dim corridor.From the shadowed archway, an elderly steward emerged — one of the few remaining staff of the old estate. His back was slightly bent, but his eyes shone with devotion the moment they fell upon Ethan.He stopped, bowed deeply, and his voice trembled with reverence.“Y-Young Master… is that you?”Ethan gave a faint nod. “Yes, it’s me. Thank you for watching over them.”The steward straightened with effort and gestured down the hall.“The girl… Lily… she is resting in the east room. We did what we could for her injuries, but…” His voice faltered. “She has been waiting… afraid you might not come back.”Ethan said nothing — only moved.His steps were quiet against the old wooden floor as he reached the room. He pushed the door open gently.Inside, Lily lay on a narrow bed, pale beneath the dim lamplight. When the door creaked, her eyes shot open in panic — then softened the instant she saw him.“S-sir Ethan…!” Her voice cracked
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“Sir,” one doctor said sharply, waving a hand as though swatting away filth, “this facility is meant for regular patients. People like him… should seek treatment elsewhere.”A nurse stepped forward, blocking their path.“I’m sorry,” she said coldly. “We cannot admit… cases of that condition. You’ll disturb the other patients.”She wrinkled her nose — as though the butler himself were something foul.“Please leave.”Lily’s breath hitched.The butler lowered his head in quiet shame.The hospital lobby fell silent.Ethan’s eyes… went cold but je stayed calm.The fluorescent lights buzzed above them — harsh, sterile, unforgiving.A murmur rippled through the lobby as more hospital staff gathered, whispering, glancing, sneering. A senior doctor in a white coat stepped forward, his expression twisted with disdain.He didn’t look at Ethan.He looked through him — to the butler’s scarred face… to Lily’s bruised arms.His lip curled.“So it really is them,” he muttered.A nurse beside him lean
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“Let go,” he said.The orderly ignored him, continuing to push the butler toward the doors.The butler’s voice shook.“S-Sir… please… don’t cause trouble… we should just—”“Enough,” Ethan said — low, iron-edged.He stepped in front of the wheelchair.The orderly glared. “Move. The Woods family said—”“I don’t care what they said.”Ethan’s voice cut through the lobby like a blade.The staff froze.The senior doctor’s expression darkened. “You don’t seem to understand where you are. This is our facility — backed by the Woods family. We owe you nothing.”Ethan’s eyes burned.“You owe them medical care.”The doctor laughed — sharp, mocking.“We owe them nothing. And we do not answer to you.”He jabbed a finger at Ethan’s chest.“Leave. Now. Or security removes you.”Lily’s voice wavered, desperate.“Sir Ethan… please… don’t fight… they’ll hurt you…”The butler shook his head, tears gathering.“Young Master… it isn’t worth it… I’ve lived long enough… let us go…”But Ethan did not move.His
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The lobby froze.Every head snapped toward the source of the voice.Footsteps echoed across the polished marble floor — firm, rapid, cutting through the tension like a blade. A man strode forward from the corridor, white coat flaring behind him, expression thunderous.Morrison.His brows were knit in anger, his jaw tight, eyes blazing with authority as he scanned the chaos unfolding before him.“What,” he repeated, voice sharper, colder, “is going on in my hospital?”The senior doctor was the first to react.He rushed forward eagerly — relief and calculation flashing across his face — and bowed slightly.“Director Morrison!” he exclaimed. “Thank goodness you’re here. This— this man—” He jabbed a finger toward Ethan. “—is causing a disturbance. He assaulted security staff, interfered with hospital procedures, and is refusing to leave despite repeated warnings. We were about to—”“That’s not all, sir!” a nurse added quickly, voice dripping with false indignation. “He barged in demanding
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Ethan’s expression remained calm — cold lightning simmering in his gaze.“Yes,” he said quietly. “It’s me.”Morrison stared at him for a long, stunned heartbeat.Then his shoulders loosened — his harsh posture melting into something shaken, deeply humbled.“I… I couldn’t have imagined…” he breathed. “To meet you again… here… of all places.”He swallowed, emotion flickering in his gaze.“I am the director of this hospital.”Lily looked up in surprise.The butler’s eyes widened faintly.The staff exchanged nervous glances.Morrison took a slow breath and stepped forward.But Ethan’s expression shifted — the faintest edge sharpening in his voice.“So,” he said softly — too softly — “this is your hospital.”Morrison froze.Something in Ethan’s tone pierced straight into his chest.“Yes,” Morrison replied cautiously. “This facility is under my supervision. Why do you—”Ethan’s gaze flickered across the lobby — over the sneers that had vanished… over the fearful faces… over the guilt rapidl
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His throat constricted.“I… see,” Morrison whispered.Silence swallowed the lobby.Every staff member felt the shift.The guards slowly released their struggling posture.The nurses exchanged wide-eyed glances.The senior doctor tried to recover.“Director — with respect — we were following administrative policy — the Woods family controls the—”Morrison’s head snapped toward him.His eyes were no longer confused.They were burning.“Enough.”The single word struck like a whip.The senior doctor flinched.Morrison stepped forward — his voice no longer trembling.It thundered.“Is this how you interpret policy?” he demanded. “By degrading human beings? By shoving injured patients out the door? By dragging a wounded man across the floor like garbage?!”The doctor paled.“S–Sir, we— we only—”“You only what?” Morrison snapped. “You only bowed your heads to power? You only obeyed because it was easier than questioning cruelty?”His voice cracked with anger.“With shame?”The nurse who’d s
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His fury ignited — silent at first… then blazing.His hands curled into fists at his sides.For a brief second, his mind flashed back —To Ethan’s quiet compassion earlier that night.To the parasite.To his own arrogance.To how close he had come to destroying a life because of pride.I vowed to change.And yet here… right beneath me…He inhaled slowly.Then his voice erupted like thunder.“ENOUGH!”The word tore through the lobby.Sound died.Breath died.Even the air seemed to recoil.Every staff member froze where they stood.The senior doctor’s face drained of color.Morrison took a step forward — towering not through power… but through conviction.His eyes blazed.“You dare speak to me about stability,” he hissed, “when you could not even protect the dignity of a single wounded man?”The doctor opened his mouth — but no sound came.Morrison’s stare bore into him.“You speak of funding,” he continued, voice shaking with righteous anger, “yet you threw away the very soul of this p
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The words echoed.Heavy.Threatening.Honest.Because at their core…They weren’t just defiance.They were fear pretending to be courage.His breath came uneven now — fury and panic tangled together.“You dismiss me?” he hissed. “Fine. But understand what you’re doing. The Woods own the board. The Woods own the funding. The Woods own the licensing that keeps these walls standing.”He laughed — hollow and brittle.“And you dare challenge them over trash at your doorstep?”Lily flinched.The butler’s hands trembled on the armrests.Ethan’s eyes darkened — a storm gathering quietly — deadly.But he didn’t speak.He didn’t need to.Morrison inhaled slowly.The anger in his chest cooled — not fading… but hardening into something sharper than flame.Resolve.The kind forged only when a man chooses who he will be.He stepped forward.The dismissed doctor instinctively stepped back — but his glare remained.“I see,” Morrison said softly.No thunder.No roar.Just quiet — cutting — final.“You
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Ethan exhaled softly.“There’s no point arguing,” he said calmly. “If you doubt me, then verify it yourself.”The senior doctor snorted.“Verify what? Your delusions?”But his voice — for the first time — wavered.Something about Ethan’s composure…Something about that quiet confidence…It crawled beneath his skin.His hand twitched toward his pocket.He hesitated.Then — scowling — he pulled out his phone.“Fine,” he muttered. “Let’s end this farce.”He dialed.A contact he trusted.Someone deep within the Woods’ financial network.As the line rang… his lips curled.Smug again.“See?” he said, forcing a thin smile. “They won’t even—”The call connected.“Hey,” the doctor said briskly. “I need to confirm something. There’s a rumor floating around about the Woods—”He stopped.The voice on the other end spoke fast.Panicked.Unsteady.The color drained from his face.“What…?”His tone cracked.“No… that can’t— when? How—?”His hand trembled.The lobby watched him.The guards.The nurse