All Chapters of The Forgotten Heir : Chapter 11
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Trust Is A Dangerous Thing
Silence lingered in the room long after the last thing Ethan said. Kael didn’t even notice how long he had drifted because the memories came too fast, too raw, too sharp, too real. His past wasn’t something he enjoyed remembering, but sometimes it clawed its way to the surface, demanding attention.His eyes remained fixed on the man in front of him, yet he wasn’t really seeing him. He was staring at a ghost, his own reflection from years ago. Beaten down. Broke. Desperate. Carrying wounds only he could feel. The same name, the same posture, the same tiredness in the man’s eyes.Ethan.Just like he used to be.Just like the name he buried.“Sir… you’re not saying anything?” the man said gently, his voice breaking through Kael’s thoughts.Kael blinked rapidly, realizing how far he had drifted. “Oh my apologies.” He straightened, adjusting his suit. “I was just… lost in thought. I didn’t mean to ignore
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A Coincidence Too Sharp To Ignore
For a moment, the room was painfully quiet. The air felt thick between them, the way it always does when loyalty is questioned and tested.The man swallowed hard, gathering his voice after Kael’s chilling warning.“Sir…” he said, tone trembling but sincere. “I promise to stay loyal and faithful. I swear it. What else do I have to gain if I betray you? You—” he paused, his eyes glistening, “you are the one giving me hope again. You are the first person to look at me and not see a failure.”His voice cracked a little, and he shook his head slowly, as if still trying to understand how his life had shifted so suddenly.“You’re the man who wants to change my life,” he whispered. “If I betray you… then I don’t deserve any good thing again.”He wanted to say more Kael could see it in the way his mouth opened slightly, the way emotion filled his eyes. But Kael lifted a han
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Stepping Into The Lion's Den
Morning sunlight filtered through the tall glass windows of the east wing, casting long golden streaks across the marble floor. Kael walked beside Shen Gao silent, focused, absorbing everything like a man preparing for war. Shen Gao moved with purpose, hands clasped behind his back, voice steady as he spoke. “Before we reach the boardroom, you need to understand a few things about how the family business runs,” he began. His pace was brisk, each step echoing through the corridor. “The empire your father built isn’t just a company. It’s a living organism. Every decision affects a thousand moving parts.” Kael nodded. “I expected as much.” “You’ve been away from this world for years,” Shen Gao continued, not unkindly. “So let me bring you up to speed.” They passed a set of portraits former heads of the dynasty, stern and powerful looking. Their still eyes seemed to follow Kael. “Our business,” Shen
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The Heir Returns
The drive to the headquarters felt painfully long.Kael sat quietly in the backseat, watching the city blur by as Shen Gao spoke beside him, explaining things that barely registered in his mind. His thoughts were a storm, anger, confusion, fear, and something heavier, something older… the ghost of the boy he once was.“Today,” Shen Gao said, adjusting his glasses, “you will officially be introduced to the company.”Kael swallowed. “As the new MD.”“As the rightful heir,” Shen Gao corrected firmly. “The heir that was stolen.”Kael turned to him. “Do they really believe that story?”“It isn’t a story,” Shen Gao replied. “It’s the truth that was buried.”But buried truths still felt like lies to Kael. And the weight of it sat uncomfortably on his shoulders.The car pulled up in front of the building, tall glass, polished steel, the kind of structure that screamed wealth and control. The kind of place Kael had on
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Shadows Of The Past
“Who is that man… and why is he looking at me like that?”Kael’s voice was low, sharp, almost swallowed by the noise of the board members rising from their seats. Yet Shen Gao heard him clearly. His head turned just enough to acknowledge the question, but his expression… shifted. Subtle, controlled, but Kael didn’t miss the flicker of unease in the older man’s eyes.Shen Gao didn’t answer immediately. Instead, he touched Kael’s elbow gently.“Not here,” he whispered. “Come.”He guided Kael out of the boardroom quickly, almost too quickly, as if the walls themselves were listening. The glass doors shut behind them with a soft thud, shutting out the clapping and fake congratulations.Kael’s pulse thudded. Shen Gao never rushed.Never looked nervous.But right now… he did.When Shen Gao finally stopped, it was near the private lounge reserved only for senior executives. He glanced around once more, then motioned for Kael to step inside.The
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The Labyrinth Of Power
Kael blinked slowly, processing the words of Mr. Desmond. “Do you truly believe you are who they say you are?”The air in the executive lounge thickened, every breath tasting metallic and heavy. Kael’s fingers itched, not from nervousness, but from the sharp awareness crawling under his skin. Something about this man radiated… danger. Subtle, controlled, yet impossible to ignore.Shen Gao stepped slightly ahead of Kael, but did not interfere. His eyes flicked to Desmond, wary yet calm, a chess player confident that his king would not be cornered easily.Kael’s voice was steady when he finally answered. “I am Kael Arison Grey. The heir returned. The MD. And the one your father trusted.”Mr. Desmond’s smile didn’t reach his eyes. It lingered in a space between amusement and calculation. He inclined his head. “We’ll see.” Then, without another word, he turned and left.Kael exhaled sharply, the tension in his ches
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The Awakening
The weight of the Aurelian estate still lingered on Kael’s shoulders as he walked behind Shen Gao. Every corridor, every polished floor, every soft click of the security cameras reminded him that he was no longer a child lost in the shadows, he was an heir, and now, a soldier in a silent war.Shen Gao led him to a wing Kael had never seen before. The doors were heavier, reinforced with steel, etched with a symbol of a lion devouring a serpent, a mark of the house’s resilience and authority. Inside, the room was bare, save for padded floors, mirrored walls, and a single rack of training weapons: swords, staffs, and knives of various sizes.“This is where you begin,” Shen Gao said quietly, but with an authority that demanded attention. “Physical conditioning, mental discipline, and strategy. You will train here until your mind and body are one.”Kael swallowed, feeling a flicker of unease. He had survived prison, betraya
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Beneath The Silk And Gold
Night settled over the Aurelian estate like a thick cloak of shadows, but Kael’s body still thrummed with the aftershocks of training. His muscles ached, each movement a reminder of the limits he had pushed, yet his mind refused rest. The sigil under his skin pulsed softly, a faint warmth that made him both uneasy and strangely energized.Sleep could wait. Answers could not.He made his way into the private study Shen Gao had instructed him to use, a room lined with ancient scrolls, meticulously arranged archives, and glowing ledgers. The Aurelian empire had been built over generations. Everything here was a relic of power. And responsibility.Kael sat before the massive ebony desk, its surface gleaming even in the dim lighting. A stack of digital tablets and physical files awaited him, already sorted by urgency. Shen Gao had left them there intentionally.Begin with knowledge. Power comes next., the o
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The Pulse Beneath The Skin
The hours after Kael’s discovery of the corrupted files clawed at him like invisible hooks.By the time he returned to the hidden training chamber beneath the Aurelian estate, his mind was a storm shifting between fury, suspicion, and the cold calculations forming quietly at the back of his thoughts.The air underground was metallic and cool, humming faintly with the energy of the estate’s advanced security systems. Shen Gao was already waiting for him, hands clasped behind his back, expression unreadable.“You didn’t sleep,” Shen Gao observed without turning.“I didn’t need to,” Kael muttered. “Not with everything I saw.”Shen Gao finally faced him. “Then today will be… interesting. Your mind is unsettled. The sigil responds strongest when you’re at war with yourself.”Kael’s hand instinctively touched his chest, where the mark burned faintly beneath his clothes, an ancient geometric pat
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The First Strike
Kael felt the faint pulse of the sigil slowly quieting beneath his skin as he left the training hall, its warmth fading like the dying glow of an ember. Shen Gao had dismissed him with a warning. “Mastery first. Power later.” but the words echoed louder in his mind than the footsteps following him.Ethan walked a careful distance behind, still new to the role of Kael’s shadow. The man moved with a quiet confidence, alert but respectful, occasionally glancing around as if cataloging threats. After the small breakthrough training session, Ethan had joined Kael and Shen Gao, having been summoned urgently for the new task Shen Gao hinted at.Kael didn’t know what the task truly entailed yet only that it mattered.But before that could unfold, Kael had a more immediate battlefield to step into.The board meeting, ghe one everyone had been waiting for, the one someone was planning to use against him.---The executive c
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