All Chapters of The Billionaire's Shadow Rise Of The Forgotten Heir: Chapter 61
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Chapter 61
The stormy night made the city skyline glow, and lightning lit up both rooftops and alleys.Luther and Elara stood on the edge of the upper warehouse, surveying the chaos below. The remnants of Node four had been defeated but the calm was deceptive.“They’re regrouping,” Elara said, scanning the feeds. “Someone’s coordinating them. Someone… smarter.”“Then we find them,” Luther replied, tightening the strap on his weapon. “Before they strike again.”He didn’t tell her that the sense of danger gnawing at him wasn’t just about the operatives, they had a new variable now: the unknown leader behind it all.Shadows moved across the walls of a hidden control room that was full of monitors. A tall, thin figure stepped out of the shadows and they wore a smooth mask that hid their whole face. Every move showed strength, danger, and precision.The figure said, "Node four... has failed me again.""I have been waiting for you.” Luther said.Luther’s eyes narrowed. The voice was familiar, unnervin
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The city wasn’t ready for another disaster, but the explosions at the warehouse were still echoing through half-broken streets when Luther’s comm unit crackled alive again. Alerts flashed across the small screen red, urgent, escalating.Node Four was destroyed, but the mastermind behind it had already shifted to the next phase.Elara stood beside him in the dimly lit safehouse, rain-soaked hair sticking to her forehead, her breathing still uneven from the last firefight. She scanned the holographic city grid and her eyes widened.“They’re not attacking a district this time,” she said. “They’re hitting the central hub. That’s the nexus point for every connected system in the city...security, traffic, power, communications… all of it.”Luther didn’t need long to understand the implication. “A coordinated shutdown,” he muttered. “Or worse full data corruption.”“People will die,” Elara added, her voice tight. “Hospitals, transit systems, and everything will collapse.”Luther grabbed his
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Under the emergency lights, smoke rose in thin, wavering strands after curling through the corridors like something alive and drifting low across the floor.The entire hub sounded like it was collapsing piece by piece crackling wires, sputtering processors, metal groaning under stress. Luther led the way, checking corners, gun in hand, nerves locked in a tight coil he didn’t let show.Elara followed close behind him. Her breathing was steady, but every sense was sharpened. She could hear her own heartbeat, feel the weight of each step, and taste the metallic smoke burning the back of her throat. Even so, her focus stayed on Luther’s movements very controlled, silent, and precise.“They’re close,” she whispered.She meant the mastermind. The real architect of everything that had driven them into this ruin of steel and circuits.Luther didn’t look back, but his voice tightened. “Then let’s finish this.”His hand brushed hers not intentionally, but enough to jolt her pulse, enough to rem
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The stairwell shook so violently that dust rained from the ceiling in thick clouds. Luther tightened his grip on the mastermind’s arm, hauling them forward before the next tremor could send all three of them tumbling down the metal steps.“Move!” he ordered.Elara covered their rear, one hand gripping their weapon, the other trailing the railing to keep balance. Her lungs burned from the smoke, but she kept her focus razor-sharp. If the mastermind had armed a structural collapse, they were descending straight toward the kill zone.The stairwell lights flickered, then died completely. Only the red emergency strip along the wall pulsed faintly, guiding them downward.“Level three is where the shock originated,” Elara said, her voice low but steady. “If the bombs are set there, we need to reach the support columns before they blow.”The mastermind laughed under their breath. “You’ll never make it in time.”Luther slammed them into the railing. “Try talking again. See what happens.”The m
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The smoke was thick enough to choke anyone who was still standing, and it hung around the hub like a living thing. On the ruined floor, where cables sparked and twisted like wounded snakes, the lights above flickered in sporadic bursts, creating broken shadows.Luther and Elara slowly walked through the wreckage, guns raised and breathing steadily even though the chaos was still settling around them.The mastermind was lying on the floor, half-awake, and every breath he took made him cough up blood. The mask was gone, and the face that was there was hard from years of planned cruelty.Their eyes flicked up as Luther and Elara approached, and even beaten, they managed to smirk.“You think you’ve won?” the mastermind rasped, wiping blood from their lips with the back of a trembling hand.“We already have,” Luther said, his voice calm but edged with steel. He stepped closer, careful with his wounded shoulder, but his stance never wavered. “Now start talking, the plan, the failsafes, all
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The broken skyline slowly lit up with dawn, showing everything the night had tried to hide. Smoke rose from the fallen hub in steady columns, bringing with it the smell of burned metal and chemicals. Emergency vehicles drove around the ruins, their lights flashing through the fog. Firefighters worked in tight groups, cutting through twisted beams while medics carried survivors on stretchers.Luther and Elara moved through it all in a bubble of their own, their clothes torn, their skin streaked with soot, adrenaline still buzzing faintly through their veins.“Are you hurt?” Elara asked, stepping in front of him and grabbing his shoulders to force him still. Her eyes scanned him from head to toe, searching for anything more than scratches and bruises.“A few cuts,” Luther said, brushing a smear of ash off his jaw. “Nothing serious.”“You say that every time.” She tried to sound annoyed, but her voice carried too much relief. “One day, that attitude is going to get you killed.”He smirke
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The holding center sat on the edge of the city, built like a bunker with reinforced steel walls and security meant to withstand a war. It wasn’t the kind of place anyone walked out of without help, planning, and a hell of a lot of power. But as Luther and Elara approached, the building looked too quiet for the chaos happening inside.A line of armed officers waited at the entrance. Their expressions were tense, haunted, no one spoke, and no one saluted. They simply stared at the two people who had brought the mastermind in, and were now being summoned to clean up the aftermath.The officer from earlier, Captain Rowan, met them at the door. His shirt was streaked with ash and sweat, and his normally sharp posture was gone. He looked like he hadn’t blinked in ten minutes.“Follow me,” Rowan said without introduction.They entered the building. The tension inside hit immediately: raised voices, hurried footsteps, the crackle of radios, guards being questioned, technicians trying to get d
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The streets of the city were coming alive with the first light of dawn, but for Luther and Elara, the world outside was a blur. Their focus was on the fragment metal...the small, jagged clue that had slipped through the hands of everyone in the holding center. It was their first thread into a network larger and more dangerous than anything they’d faced before.Luther’s grip on the steering wheel was tight, knuckles white. The silence in the car between them wasn’t empty, it was loaded with anticipation. Elara’s eyes scanned the passing buildings, calculating, always calculating.“Where exactly are we going?” she asked, finally breaking the quiet.“To someone who knows this tech,” Luther said without looking at her. His voice was steady, but there was an edge she could feel. “Someone who can read this fragment like it’s an open book.”Elara tilted her head, suspicion written across her face. “And you’re sure she’s… reliable?”Luther didn’t answer right away. He didn’t need to. Elara kn
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When the sun rose, the blast site was still smoldering. The air was hot and full of dust, with a bitter taste of burnt circuitry. Firefighters moved through the wreckage, yelling orders, while drones flew overhead looking for survivors.The hub—the place that should’ve been their breakthrough was now a crater of twisted beams and shattered concrete.Luther and Elara walked through the ruins without speaking. Their boots made a crunching sound as they walked on broken glass and other trash.The noise around them felt far away, like they were moving through a memory rather than the real world.Elara wiped sweat and dust from her forehead. “We should be dead,” she said, voice tight. “No one survives a blast like that.”“We’re alive. That’s enough for now,” Luther replied, eyes locked on the collapsed steel ahead. He didn’t let himself stop. Didn’t let himself breathe too deeply. The mastermind’s escape was still burning at the front of his mind.People ran past them carrying supplies, bu
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Luther forced the door open with his shoulder, and the metal groaned like it was seconds from ripping off its hinges. The corridor beyond was dark, lit only by the flickering strips of red emergency lights running along the ceiling. The power outages were getting worse. Cain Global wasn’t just attacking, they were destabilizing the entire zone.Elara slipped in behind him, pistol raised, steps light and controlled. Her breathing was tight, but steady. She had burned through most of her adrenaline in the last fight, yet she pushed forward anyway.“Movement ahead,” Kai said in their comms. “Third-floor sensors are glitching. Could be interference… or someone’s jamming us.”“Someone is,” Luther muttered. His neck prickled. The air felt wrong. Disturbed.They weren’t alone.They moved down the hall, staying close to the wall. Debris covered the floor-broken glass, a fallen ceiling panel, and smoke drifting from a sparking control box. Whatever caused this wasn’t accidental.Elara crouche