All Chapters of BORN TO BE A MAN,FORCED TO BE A GANGSTER : Chapter 31
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CHAPTER 31
THE PLAN BEGINSThe night was very quiet except for the soft sound of rain hitting the windows of Vex’s big mansion. Usually, the place was loud and full of people having fun, but now it felt heavy and dark. Vex sat alone in his private office. The room was mostly dark except for the glowing screens all around him. Every screen showed pictures or videos of a man named Griffin old videos, security camera shots, even blurry photos from many years ago.Vex really hated seeing Griffin’s face. He hated the bad things that name stood for.He whispered to himself, “Griffin, you’re finished.”Then, suddenly, something strange happened. Vex saw his reflection in the glass of a monitor, but for just a moment, it wasn’t his own face. It was Griffin’s face, with cold eyes and a smirk that looked like it could destroy everything. Vex blinked quickly and the strange image disappeared. His heart beat loudly in his chest.He took off his glasses and rubbed his tired eyes, thinking maybe he was just t
CHAPTER 32
THE FALL OF CONTROL The storm had been raging without stopping since the night Griffin disappeared. The sky was gray and full of thunder, as if the weather was upset just like everything around it.Inside the building where Vex ruled, things were falling apart.His men whispered quietly in corners. They were confused and scared. Orders were shouted but no one listened well. Fear was starting to replace the loyalty they once had.Vex sat at his desk, tightly holding the edge with both hands. Sweat dripped down his face. He was breathing hard, like the air around him was against him.“Boss,” a man, one of Vex’s close helpers, said softly while stepping closer to him. “The shipments aren’t moving. The secret code you sent to the docks didn’t work. The system is…” He stopped, afraid to finish.“Shut up!” Vex shouted, his voice sharp and breaking.The man stepped back quickly. The room felt colder.Vex looked at the screen on the wall. The cameras were flickering, showing faces that appe
CHAPTER 33
THE FALL OF VEXGriffin walked into the underground lab. The alarms were loud, and red lights flashed everywhere. The floor was metal, and his boots made a loud sound when he stepped. He did not hurry because he already knew something was wrong. He smelled fear in the air. But the fear was not his. It was from the men waiting for him.The first group of guards appeared from behind the big steel pillars. They were carrying guns, wearing helmets, and looked ready to fight. But their hands shook. They had heard stories about Griffin. They knew his name was real.“Don’t move!” one guard shouted, but his voice was shaky.Griffin did not even blink. He said calmly, “You should have run.”The guard fired his gun first. That was a mistake.Griffin moved fast, like a shadow. The bullets flew around him, but he did not stop. He grabbed one guard by the neck and slammed him into the wall very hard. Another two guards tried to attack from the side. Griffin quickly took one of their guns and twist
CHAPTER 34
THE BODY THEY STOLEGriffin finally let go of Vex after a long fight. Vex’s last breath hung in the cold air. The room, a messy old laboratory, went completely quiet. It felt like even the whole world was holding its breath, trying to understand what had just happened.Griffin stood there, his chest rising and falling as he caught his breath. Blood dripped down his arm from the fight. Vex’s body fell to the floor like a broken statue heavy, lifeless, and still. After everything Vex did the fear, the power plays, the lies he died like any normal person.Griffin wiped his hand on Vex’s shirt and quietly said, “You tried to take my name, but now your shadow will die with you.”Suddenly, lightning flashed through the broken roof, lighting the room for a moment. The air smelled sharp, like burnt wires, gun smoke, and death. Griffin started to turn around, ready to leave and end this nightmare.But then, something sharp and cold suddenly stung his neck. His hand shot up to touch it, but his
Chapter 35
IT WON’T FADE The room was filled with a cold, steady hum from the machines. These were the machines built to create Vex’s new world the same machines meant to erase Griffin’s name forever. Selena stood frozen in the quiet. Her knees felt weak, and it was hard to breathe. Griffin’s body lay still on a cold steel table. His chest didn’t move. His eyes were closed. Blood was drying on his neck where Vex’s last blade had cut him.But what was strange was the silence.No alarms rang out. No footsteps hurried nearby. No technicians rushed to the room.It felt like the entire underground base was holding its breath, waiting.Selena stepped forward slowly. Her hand shook as she touched Griffin’s arm. It was still warm, but lifeless. “Griffin…” she whispered, her voice breaking. “Please wake up… don’t leave me with only ghosts.”Rico rested against the wall. His shoulder was still wrapped in bandages. His eyes were red from guilt and worry. “They didn’t just want his body,” he said quiet
Chapter 36
INSIDE THE CORE LABNight hung over the city like a dark, heavy shadow. It was quiet and still. The city seemed to hold many hidden secrets that no one could see.Selena moved quickly. Her hair was wet from both sweat and rain. Her heart pounded loudly in her ears. She was pushing through the old, empty service hallway of the underground building. The place smelled damp and cold.Behind her, Rico limped. One of his arms was pressed against his ribs. He was breathing hard.“Slow down,” Rico said quietly. “Selena, you will hurt yourself if you keep going this fast.”But Selena did not slow down.Her voice was shaky as she said, “I feel it. Griffin is here. He’s alive, Rico. I know it.”Rico looked at her but didn’t say anything. He didn’t argue because he felt it too not the same way, but something inside told him Griffin was not easy to defeat.Griffin had once said something important: “Death only wins when you give up and stop fighting.”And Griffin never gave up on anything he cho
CHAPTER 37
WHEN THE DEAD MAN BREATHESThe storm had stopped before the first light of dawn, but the city still felt hurt and broken. Water from the rain dripped from shattered rooftops. The air smelled sharp, like gunpowder. Vex’s reign was over. The man himself was dead, lying cold in the underground fortress. Griffin had killed him with his own hands.But winning felt empty.Outside the ruined fortress, Selena stood alone. Her clothes were soaked with rain, and her hands shook. She looked again and again toward the entrance. Waiting. Waiting for Griffin to come out. Waiting to hear his confident voice say it was all finished.But no one came.Dante came with three of Griffin’s faithful men. They silently searched through the ruins. Minutes passed, then an hour, then two.At last, Dante returned, eyes red from the search.“Selena, we didn’t find him.”Her breath caught. “What do you mean? He was with Vex. He killed Vex. He should be here.”Dante took a deep breath. “Vex is dead. His body is the
CHAPTER 38
THE GHOST THEY CREATED The echo of Griffin’s fall still filled Selena’s chest. The room was quiet now. Vex’s blood dried on the cold floor. The screens flickered harmlessly. But her body remembered everything Griffin collapsing, her scream, the cold grasp of death.Rico stood by the steel wall, hands stained with dried blood. He hadn’t spoken since they escaped the underground corridors. His eyes stayed open, refusing to blink as if denying the truth. He whispered, “He can’t be gone. Griffin doesn’t die.”Selena’s legs felt like heavy mud. The only thing keeping her steady was the drive Griffin hid in his jacket now clenched in her shaking hand.“We need to keep moving,” she said. “They’ll come for us.”Rico’s eyes were red. “We should go back for him.”“No,” Selena said, voice breaking. “They took his body before we could reach him.”Rico slammed his fist on the wall. “They want to use him. That means he’s not completely…”“Don’t say it,” Selena cut in, biting back tears.Thunder
CHAPTER 39
The night was very dark and heavy. Thick clouds covered the whole city like a soft, heavy blanket. The streetlights were dim, barely daring to shine through the gloom. Inside a quiet, safe house, the air felt cold and still. It was as if the whole world was holding its breath, waiting for something important. Something terrifying.Selena couldn’t sleep. She sat on the edge of the old mattress, her fingers trembling over the folded shirt Griffin left behind days before the war ended. The smell on the shirt was almost gone, but her memories of him were still fresh and painful. She remembered the loud sounds of gunshots, explosions, the last breath Vex took, and the moment Griffin disappeared into the smoke. Every night, this memory cut deep like a wound, as if half of her heart was missing.Rico stood silently near the door. His eyes were filled with worry and guilt. “He didn’t want you to fall apart,” he said softly.Selena didn’t look up. “Then he shouldn’t have died,” she said with q
CHAPTER 40
THE BREATH BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATHThe hospital room felt too small for a man like Griffin. Machines breathed for him. Tubes brought air where his own lungs failed. His chest rose slowly, each breath was a struggle, like the world was fighting to keep him alive. The room was cold and too clean too white for the storm that was Griffin.Selena sat by the edge of his bed, clutching his hand as if it were the last thing she could hold onto. Her eyes were red from crying, but not a single tear fell now. “I’m here,” she whispered. “I’m not leaving.”Her fingers trembled, but her voice stayed strong. She had learned that from Griffin a fierce strength even when everything else burned down.The doctors said Griffin was stable but unconscious. His body was healing, but his mind had drifted far away. Lost and stuck between fighting and giving up. They didn’t know if he could hear them, but Selena always spoke. Always.Behind her, a heavy sigh broke the silence. Marcus, Griffin’s oldest friend a