All Chapters of AWAKENED ADRIAN LACANSTER : Chapter 91
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CHAPTER 91- The Devil's Bargain
Adrian did not blink. Did not speak. He sat in silence, his gaze locked on Lucian as if he hadn’t heard a single word of the taunting.Lucian’s smirk faltered. He shifted uncomfortably under that still, cutting stare. Adrian wasn’t fighting back, wasn’t even acknowledging his defiance. It was as though his insults were dust carried on the air, weightless, meaningless.Why would he exchange words with a common criminal?If not that he would do anything for Clara he would not be here.“Do you even hear me?” Lucian barked, voice cracking. He slammed his chained fists against the table again, the clang echoing through the small room. “I said, why should I help you?”Adrian’s expression didn’t change. He leaned back slowly, his composure so absolute it was suffocating."Do you have the information I need or not?" Adrian finally said.Lucian’s sneer trembled, then finally cracked. He dropped his gaze, exhaled, and muttered:“…I know who has it.”Adrian’s eyes narrowed slightly, but he rema
CHAPTER 92- Prisoner's Plea
Lucian’s smirk lingered, but his eyes betrayed him— behind his eyes was hunger and desperation.Adrian’s gaze hardened, a storm surging behind his steady eyes.How dare he?How dare this hollow man, this carcass of arrogance and desperation, question his love for Clara?Clara was his light, his reason, the only fragile piece of warmth he had left in this cursed world.Of course, he loved her. He would burn kingdoms, slit empires open, tear down the sky itself if it meant saving her.And this wretch dared use her life as a bargaining chip.“Manipulative bastard…” The thought thundered through Adrian’s mind. He saw through Lucian- the hollow pride, the mask of mockery on Lucian’s face.Behind those eyes, there was no king. No titan. No empire.Only a desperate man clawing at straws, praying, begging, that Adrian might buy his freedom.Praying for release from the very hell Adrian had thrown him into.And yet, Lucian had the audacity to sit there shackled, breathing rancid arrogance, as
CHAPTER 93- Rootbinder
The room echoed with the sound of a grown man sobbing like a child, the clink of chains punctuating every broken breath.Adrian was his only hope for salvation, he was sure that those goons were already counting down five minutes for him to return so that they could continue from where they stopped.Adrian stood at the door, his back turned against Adrian.His hand never wavered on the handle.Lucian’s sobs broke into hiccups of desperation, his chains rattling as he lost the last shreds of pride clinging to him. His legs buckled, and with a metallic crash, he fell to his knees.The sound echoed through the chamber.“Please…” His forehead touched the filthy floor, shoulders trembling, voice breaking under the weight of humiliation. “Please, Adrian… just give me a second chance.”The silence stretched, suffocating.At last, Adrian turned.His shadow fell across the broken figure at his feet. He looked down on Lucian, eyes carved in stone, expression harder than the prison walls themsel
CHAPTER 94- Useful Pawn
The iron bolt screeched, and the door groaned open.The warden stepped inside.“Time’s up.” his voice rang out.Adrian didn’t move; his eyes lingered on the broken wreck kneeling before him, sobbing into the dirt like a beaten, pathetic dog.But he had proven to be a bit useful.Lucian’s head snapped up in horror, his chains rattling as the warden hauled him to his feet. “No—no, please. Adrian, Adrian, listen to me!”His voice cracked into a wail, desperate, pitiful. “Please don’t leave me here! You don’t understand, they’ll kill me! They’re already waiting for me!”“Adrian! Please!” His continued wailing. “I’ll do anything! I swear it, anything! Just don’t let them take me back there!”Adrian turned at last, but said nothing.His silence was heavier than words.He brought this on yourself, he thought coldly. He destroyed lives, and now he is begging for his life.The warden dragged Lucian back into the prison, and he continued to wail and beg until Adrian could no longer hear his voi
CHAPTER 95- The Familar Buyer
Julia reached into the inside pocket of her tailored blazer and she drew out a black card.She placed it on the desk in front of him, the sound echoing in the stillness of the office.“This,” she said, her voice dropping to a near-whisper, “used to be Lucian’s.”Adrian’s eyes flicked to the card, then back to her.“When Rhein Group seized his assets after you dismantled his company,” Julia continued, “this was among them. I had it locked away in the secure archive. I never thought it would be of use. Until now.”She tapped the surface once, her gloved finger lingering on the strange emblem. “It’s an authentic invitation to Rootbinder’s masked auction. Gold-tier access.”Adrian’s jaw tightened while Julia leaned close. “You need this card if you're planning on getting into the party.” She paused, letting the weight of her words sink in.Adrian’s gaze lingered on the black card, the gold emblem catching the light like a predator’s eye.Julia inclined her head, the faintest trace of sati
CHAPTER 96- The Underworld
Adrian set the phone down slowly, the decision settling in his chest like a stone. His eyes returned to the black card on the desk. Tonight, he wasn’t just going after the moonshade, he was stepping into the den where men like Malvin shopped for ruin.When he finally closed the folder, his gaze shifted to the city skyline beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows. The fog was lifting, revealing towers of steel and glass, their edges glinting under the morning sun.Beneath that beauty lay the underworld Rootbinder ruled.Adrian’s eyes narrowed.Tonight… the moonshade would be his.The chair swiveled slightly as he stood, sliding the card into the inner pocket of his coat.It was already nightfall, and the event was slated for nine pm.And Adrian was right there on time, he had already made sure Clara received her treatment and had put her to sleep before leaving the house.Adrian’s car rolled off the main road into a darker, narrower lane.The GPS went silent long before he reached the desti
CHAPTER 97- The Auction
Adrian slowly dipped his mad into his coat. He drew out the black card and held it between two fingers, letting the gold emblem catch the light.The man’s gaze lingered on the card… then on Adrian’s mask.There was a long pause and then he let out a grunt. “Go ahead.”The heavy door swung open with a low groan, spilling a sliver of golden light onto the pavement. Adrian crossed the threshold without a word, the door sealing shut behind him.The air inside was warm and thick with perfume and filled with the low murmur of masked voices.Adrian's eyes scanned the crowd. Every face was hidden behind a mask.Servants in black uniforms moved between them, carrying trays of crystal glasses, catching the golden light.Near the center of the floor, a small crowd had formed, laughter and murmured praise spilling from its edges.At the heart of it stood a man impossible to miss.Alfredo Bellington.A wealthy businessman who had some sort of fetish for collecting rare items and storing them in h
CHAPTER 98- Highest Bidder
The hall fell into a quiet hush as the eagle-masked MC lifted one gloved hand.“Let us begin.”Everyone was eager for the bidding to start.They could not wait to see what mysterious items were on display this year.A velvet-draped attendant wheeled out the first display, a glass dome over a golden cup engraved with golden serpents.“Lot One: The Whispering Chalice. It is said that if you drink from this cup you will get a glimpse of the future.”The hall erupted into gasp as they admired the relic.It was a relic guarded by a family that was rumoured to live in the mountains.It was impossible to lay your hand on such a treasure.How did Rootbinder get his hands on such an item?Definitely not through legal means?But these wealthy individuals didn't care.A relic that gave them a glimpse of the future?They all wanted it and could not wait to get their hands on it.“Opening bid at five million,” the MC purred.“Five,” a masked woman in pearls.“Eight,” a gentleman with a wolf mask.
CHAPTER 99- Bidding For Power
“One hundred twenty,” Alfredo opposed as usual.“Two hundred,” the baritone voice boomed again, his voice sounding stubborn.Alfredo exhaled as if this were a mere inconvenience. “Three-twenty.”Everyone turned to Alfredo, he could see the glare and admiration behind the mask.Some of them were annoyed that he did not leave an item for them, while some, especially newcomers, wondered how he had so much money."Three hundred and twenty million dollars going one... Two... Three." The MC said knowing fully well no one would dare to bid higher than that.“Sold to the sun,” the MC said as the gavel kissed the wood.Alfredo lifted his glass to no one in particular. “I wish I had a chanllenger fr.”Another cart slid in, its cube of soundproof glass humming faintly. Inside, a deep-blue flower that took at least two thousand years to grow.“Lot Four: The Echo Bloom. This flower allows to to hear echoes from the past.”The crowd leaned in, dazzled, hungry.Adrian’s gaze tightened. Adrian rela
CHAPTER 100-Billion Dollar Bid
The lights in the hall dimmed and from behind the curtains, two attendants emerged, pushing a velvet-draped cart. Every whisper in the room died as they drew closer. The fabric shimmered under the spotlight, almost glowing from whatever was underneath.With slow, deliberate grace, the cloth was pulled away.Gasps rippled through the crowd.Beneath the glass dome sat a flower unlike anything they had ever seen.Its silver petals curled in perfectly, each one shimmering with an inner light, as though it had been carved from a fragment of the moon itself. A faint mist swirled lazily around it.The flower was the moonshade.People's jaws almost dropped from their mouths; they had never seen anything like it.It looked like the flower had come down from heaven.Adrian’s eyes narrowed as his usual calm demeanor softened slightly.He didn’t need the MC to speak. He could have picked it out in a lineup of a thousand blooms. The memory of what it looked like was in his head like he had known