Blake sat there, cursing the Red Baron like a madman. He couldn’t believe how things had changed so suddenly right at the very end. It was as if Fate itself was toying with him.“This isn’t fair. Those bastards are playing their own tricks on me!”Seething with rage, Blake grabbed a broken piece of the shattered beer mug and pushed past the crowd of spectators.Without warning, he jumped onto the race track and approached Bloody Baron’s injured jockey, who was being helped to his feet.“You look hurt. Is everything okay?” he asked, faking concern.The jockey dusted himself clean and checked the bruises on his legs before replying, “It’s just a few scratches. Nothing too worrisome.”“Then I’ll give you something to worry about!” Blake lunged at the jockey and cut his face with the broken shard of glass, drawing blood from his shaved white cheek.“Hyargh!”Hearing the jockey’s scream, the guards rushed to the spot and tackled Blake to the ground.“You little sack of shit! You deserve a

Still waiting inside his cab, Alex watched as Blake walked out of the bar without a scratch.He was a bit confused at first, but seeing the bikers get inside Blake’s Rolls-Royce and drive off without him made everything crystal clear.“So, you’ve pawned off your family car to buy more time. Alas, your troubles have only just begun,” Alex whispered to himself and raised his window before instructing the driver. “Head to the water tank, please. You can drop me off and leave once we reach.”As the car started moving again, Alex received a call from Shawn.“Good morning, Shawn. I believe you were supposed to inform me about your task last night.”“I am sorry, boss. We searched the whole herbarium, but couldn’t find what you asked us to look for. There was no Snakeroot in there, just some ornamental ferns and creepers.”“What about the documents? Did you find something mentioning the plant?”“I sneaked into the old office upstairs, but all I found were old files from twenty years ago. Ther

Eager to prove his mettle in front of his biker family, the lowest-ranking Seraph was the first to lunge at Alex, his fist flying through the air like a hammer.“Hyargh!”Alex side-stepped the attack and retaliated with a back-hand chop, striking the guy’s shoulder with precision.As the first biker went down, two more stepped forward, pulling out engraved switchblades.“Let’s cut up that pretty face!”Alex caught the first guy’s arm, stopping the switchblade’s sharp tip inches from his face. Then, with one swift motion, he flipped the guy’s arm over his head and punched him away.The third guy slashed mindlessly, wielding the switchblade like a knife.Alex stepped back, but not before his biker jacket had been scratched across the chest.“Try again!” he taunted, gesturing with his arm. “Come on. Don’t be shy!”“I’ll gut you alive, you little punk!” the biker lunged at him, his switch blade coming down at an angle.Alex caught the guy’s arm and struck back with a devastating punch tha

By revealing the truth about Edgar Warrington’s last will, Elizabeth had helped Alex put the final pieces of the puzzle together. He now had enough evidence to corner Jennifer Warrington and her son.However, Alex knew Jennifer was a sly vixen, so he wanted to build a stronger case by getting a confession out of Blake Warrington.Now that Alex had riled up the Moe Pesci and her bikers, he was expecting the fallout to stir up a storm and compel Blake and his mother to do something desperate.He knew the two barely had any source of income, and with the pressure of repaying the debts mounting with each passing day, it was only a matter of time before they tried something stupid again.Alex got back in his sedan and set the GPS for the nearest private bank, ‘Morris and Chaise’. Godrick had already informed him that Jennifer Warrington had taken a loan of seven million from this branch.Now, Alex’s next objective was to meet the manager and ruffle some feathers.***Riled up by Alex, Moe h

Josiah’s words kept ringing in Alex’s ears as he disconnected the call and put his phone down.Things had just gotten a whole lot more complicated than he had anticipated, and somehow, he felt this was all his fault.“I should have been more careful. I took things way too lightly.”Hundreds of dreadful possibilities flashed before Alex’s eyes as he imagined the worst. Both Elizabeth and Dr. Lucy had gone missing, and here he was, labeled as the sole suspect.But the thing that bothered him the most was how Jennifer and Blake had also disappeared without a trace. This last occurrence put things completely out of balance, upsetting all his calculations.The manager stood there frozen, too scared to even utter a word of protest.“Someone must have seen something,” Alex finally spoke, turning to him. “How many other guests are staying on the second floor?”“Just your friend and an elderly couple next door,” the manager mumbled nervously. “No one else, really.”“What do you mean, no one el