All Chapters of Abandoned King Gives No Mercy: Hell Will Burn: Chapter 111
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CHAPTER 111: Cornered in the docksEthan's Pov;The fog swallowed us whole.Thick.Heavy.Cold enough to bite through my shirt and settle into the bullet wounds burning across my side.The docks were a maze of metal and shadows rows of shipping containers stacked unevenly, cranes looming like rusted skeletons, ropes and broken pallets littered everywhere. The perfect place to get lost.And the perfect place to die.Yvonne kept one arm locked around my waist, limping hard but refusing to let me carry her.“Slow down,” she whispered. “You’re bleeding again.”“So are you.”“I’m not the one pretending I’m bulletproof.”I didn’t argue. There was no time. The Consortium shock units were closing in fast, their armored footsteps echoing through the fog like distant thunder.Reina crouched at the corner of a container, peeking around it. Her breath fogged the air in thin bursts.“They’re fanning out,” she whispered. “Three groups. Same formation as earlier.”Danica clicked her rifle into place
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CHAPTER 112:The Message He Shouldn’t HearEthan's Pov;The lasers locked onto me.One.Two.Ten of them, slicing through the fog like spears of red light.Behind me, I heard Yvonne inhale sharply, small, broken, terrified.“Ethan,” she whispered. “Don’t ”But I was already walking forward.Danica cursed under her breath. Evan hissed my name. Reina muttered something between a prayer and an insult.I didn’t stop.If the shock units wanted a target, I’d give them one.A distorted voice echoed across the dock, deep and cold through an amplifier:“ETHAN HANK. SURRENDER.”I lifted my chin. “Come get me.”Boots thundered.Metal scraped.Crane arms groaned overhead.But then A new sound cut through the chaos.A voice.Soft.Familiar.Twisted by speakers, but unmistakable.“Ethan…”The air froze around me.Yvonne stiffened behind me like she’d been stabbed.Danica lifted her rifle slowly. “Is that ”Evan swore under his breath. “No. No, that’s not possible.”Aiden whispered, “Who the hell ?”
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CHAPTER 113: The One Who Betrayed UsEthan's Pov;The fog moved like it had a pulse.It throbbed around us, glowing faintly red as the shock units’ laser sights swept across the container rows. Sally’s voice still echoed inside my skull, the venom in it tangled with desperation.Someone close to you sold you out.Someone inside your circle.I didn’t have time to process it.Not with the shadows closing in.Not with Yvonne trembling behind me.Not with Danica tensing like she was ready to kill the next person who spoke.Reina backed against a container wall, breathing fast. “They’re not coming from the west anymore. They shifted direction.”Danica swore. “Because someone signaled them.”Aiden flinched. “Don’t look at me, I don't even know how to signal a microwave.”Derrick pressed himself against Evan, sweating through his clothes. “It wasn’t me.”Reina scoffed. “Of course you’d say that.”Yvonne’s voice came quietly behind me, frayed and weak. “Ethan… Sally’s lying. She’s trying to g
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CHAPTER 114:Into the Dark WaterEthan's Pov;Yvonne’s scream sliced straight through the fog.High.Sharp.Panicked.It was the sound that ripped something out of me clean, violent, instinctive.I didn’t think so.I didn’t breathe.I didn’t even feel my feet hit the ground.I just moved.“YVONNE!” I roared, the fog swallowing my voice.Her silhouette dragged backward, kicking, fighting, trying to claw the hand covering her mouth. The traitor, whoever the hell he was, kept her pinned to his chest, using her as a shield.My lungs seized with fury.“Let her go!” I bellowed.A cold voice answered from the mist.“Take one more step, Ethan, and I snap her neck.”I stopped.Not because I wanted to.Because Yvonne’s eyes found mine wide, terrified, begging.I could tear down the world, but I couldn’t risk her.Behind me, Danica yelled, “Ethan! Who the hell is that?!”Reina snarled, “I can’t see him fog’s too thick ”Evan aimed his gun. “Give me a clean angle.”“There isn’t one!” Aiden squeake
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CHAPTER 115: Run Until Everything BurnsEthan's Pov;Cole’s voice cut through the fog like a blade.“Round two, Ethan.”I spun around, pulling Yvonne behind me. She was still coughing water, still trembling, her fingers cold as ice against my arm.Evan lifted his gun. “Where is he?!”Reina scanned the shadows. “He’s moving. Fast.”Danica hissed, “He’s using the fog. He’s not working alone.”“No,” I growled. “He never does.”Cole had always been a parasite too weak alone, too smart to stay that way.My ribs screamed as I helped Yvonne stand. She tried walking but nearly collapsed again.“Easy,” I said, grabbing her waist.She swallowed. Her voice was thin and shaky: “Ethan… please don’t let him take me again.”I tightened my hold on her, jaw clenched. “He won’t touch you.”“You can’t promise that,” she whispered.“I just did.”Her eyes filled with terror and something else that hurt worse than my wounds.Trust.Pure, blind trust.Even after everything, she still looked at me like I cou
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CHAPTER 116: The Oil Platform TrapEthan's Pov;The ocean swallowed us.Waves slapped the hull. Fog wrapped around the boat like cold fingers. The engine rattled beneath Evan’s grip, coughing like it might die at any moment.We were barely ahead of Cole’s pursuit.Barely.Yvonne sat pressed against my side, fingers digging into my shirt. She was still shaking, her breaths small and uneven. Saltwater dripped from her hair, her lips pale from the cold. Every time the boat hit a wave, she winced, her ankle throbbing, ribs bruised, skin raw.“Are you warm enough?” I murmured.Her voice was thin. “Not really.”I pulled her closer. She let her head drop against my shoulder, clutching me tighter.Reina shouted over the engine, “I see lights up ahead!”Danica narrowed her eyes. “Platform. Abandoned.”Aiden groaned. “Oh great. Another abandoned death trap.”Derrick whimpered, “Why can’t we just… surrender? They want Ethan, not us!”Evan spun and smacked the back of Derrick’s head. “Say somethi
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CHAPTER 117:Ethan’s Breaking PointEthan's Pov;The spotlight hit us like a punch.Bright.Cold.Too white the kind of light meant for exposure, not illumination.Yvonne flinched and shielded her eyes. I pulled her behind me, feeling her fingers curl into the back of my shirt, shaking with terror and exhaustion.A hum followed deep, mechanical and a sleek helicopter lowered closer to the platform’s upper deck. Its rotors kicked up sprays of saltwater, whipping our hair and clothes.A man stepped out.Lysander Vale.Tall.Refined.Suit immaculate, even here.Black gloves.Silver cuffs.A face as calm as a surgeon’s, with eyes dead enough to belong to a corpse.He walked with the confidence of someone who owned the world.And in his mind, he did.Danica whispered behind me, “That’s him.”Reina murmured, “We’re screwed.”Aiden whimpered, “I knew we should’ve turned ourselves in.”Evan didn’t move.Lysander reached the edge of the platform, his movements precise, almost elegant. A shark i
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CHAPTER 118: The Line That BreaksEthan's Pov;The platform vibrated under our feet. Wind slammed into the rusting beams, and the ocean roared beneath us like it wanted to swallow the whole structure. Everything felt unstable: the metal, the air, even the people around me.But nothing was more unstable than Evan standing in front of me.His chest rose and fell too fast. His jaw trembled, just barely. His eyes wouldn’t settle. They flicked from me, to Lysander, to the others, then back to me like he was searching for an escape from his own skin.“Ethan…” he whispered. “Don’t listen to him.”I didn’t move.I didn’t trust myself to move.Lysander stepped forward, that same quiet smile cutting across his face.“I see the way you hesitate,” he said. “You already know the truth.”Evan flinched like the words burned.And maybe they did.Yvonne’s hand tightened around my arm small, shaking, but grounding. Her grip told me she felt everything I felt: anger, confusion, fear, betrayal twisting i
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CHAPTER 119:The Last StaircaseEthan's Pov;Gunfire shredded the metal behind us.Screams.Footsteps pounding.The platform rattling beneath us like it wanted to break apart.I didn’t look back.I kept my hand around Yvonne’s wrist, dragging her forward as the whole world behind us exploded with bullets.“Go, go, go!” Danica yelled.Reina fired over her shoulder, covering us. Aiden stumbled, nearly tripping over a pipe. Evan yanked Derrick up by his collar like he weighed nothing.Lysander’s voice echoed through the fog, calm even as chaos erupted:“Do not let them reach the top level.”A set of armored footsteps followed fast, disciplined.More than one.Too many.We reached the main staircase, a rusted spiral bolted onto the side of the platform structure. It groaned under the storm wind, swaying just slightly.Danica cursed under her breath. “This thing’s held together by prayer.”“Move,” I said.I didn’t care if it snapped under uswe weren’t surviving the alternative.Reina grabb
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CHAPTER 120:The End of the RopeEthan's Pov;The last ladder was cold under my hands.Wet.Rust-covered.Shaking from the impact of Lysander’s men battering the platform below.Each step up felt like I was climbing out of the life that had tried to destroy me for years.Yvonne climbed with me one hand gripping the rung, the other clinging to my arm. Her breaths were sharp, uneven. Her ankle trembled every time she lifted it, but she didn’t stop.Not once.At the top of the ladder, the wind hit us hard and violently, like the sky itself didn’t want us here. The roof was flat, wide, marked with an old landing pad symbol faded by storms.The helicopter waited on the far side.Blades spinning lazily.Engine humming.A quiet, hungry sound.Lysander stood beside it.He didn’t look rushed.Or panicked.Or threatened.He looked patient, like a man waiting for a delayed meeting.Danica and Reina reached the roof behind us, guns raised. Evan helped Derrick up. Aiden collapsed on his knees, pant