2024-10-29 15:24:54Max managed to duck, but he was too hurt to keep his balance.
"Hey! Leave him alone!" Peter yelled.
The party was chaos now. People were shouting and pushing to see the fight. In the corner, Max's friend Peter was on his phone.
"Police? Yes, there's a fight..." Peter said quickly.
Just when things looked bad for Max, police sirens wailed outside. Blue lights flashed through the windows.
"Everyone freezes!" Police officers rushed in.
Later at the police station, Max sat in a cold chair. His head was clearing up, but he was worried. The police took his name and fingerprints, then left him waiting.
The police stared at him with wide eyes and ran off like he saw a ghost.
Max looked around, expecting someone to come question him soon.” How long we need to wait here?”
But after the officers took his fingerprints and noted down his name, no one came back.
Suddenly, a new man walked in. He wore a plain black suit that probably cost more than Max's car.
Everyone in the room seemed to back away from him.
Must be his lawyer, Max thought.
The man walked straight to Max. Then, to Max's complete shock, the man bowed deeply.
"Look, about the fight," Max started, raising his hands defensively.
"Those guys were insulting me. I know I shouldn't have gotten physical, but—"
"Please, there's no need to explain," the man interrupted gently. "I'm not a lawyer."
"You're not?"
Tears welled up in the man's eyes as he gazed at Max. "No, Young Master. I... I've finally found you. After all these years."
Max's mouth fell wide open. "What... what did you call me?"
"Young Master Max," the man repeated. "There's much we need to discuss about your true identity."
Max just stared. This night had just gotten a whole lot stranger.
Max let out a nervous laugh. "Found me? Is this some kind of joke?"
"I assure you, this is no joke," the man replied, his voice thick with emotion.
"Listen, I'm just a college student," Max said, shaking his head.
"I can barely afford instant noodles. Whatever you think—"
"The explanations can wait," the man interjected smoothly.
"For now, let's focus on getting you out of this police station. Will you trust me that far?"
Max glanced around the stark police station walls. "Do I have a choice?"
"There's always a choice, Young Master. But I promise you won't regret this one."
Minutes later, they stepped out into the cool night air, where a gleaming Rolls-Royce waited at the curb.
"That's... that's your ride?" Max stammered, his eyes wide.
The butler smiled warmly. "Actually, It’s your ride, young master. The Ghost Extended is one of the family's more modest vehicles."
"Modest?" Max let out a nervous laugh.
"I've never even been this close to a car like this before. My roommate's beaten-up Honda is usually my fanciest ride."
"Please, allow me," the butler said, opening the rear door with a practiced flourish.
Max hesitated before sliding onto the butter-soft leather seats. "This feels surreal. Like I'm in someone else's dream."
"I understand this must be overwhelming," the butler said, settling into the seat across from Max.
"My name is Harrison Wells, and I serve as the head butler of the Montgomery family."
Max's eyes widened. "The Montgomery family? As in—"
"Yes," Harrison nodded, his expression growing serious. "And we have been searching for you for many years, Young Master."
"But why?" Max leaned forward, his hands gripping his knees.
"I'm nobody. Just a college student working part-time jobs to make ends meet."
Harrison's eyes softened with what looked like compassion.
"I assure you, Young Master Max, you are far from nobody. You are, in fact, someone very important indeed."
As they settled into the plush leather seats, Max's head spun with questions.
"But how did you even find me?"
"Your fingerprints at the police station matched our family database."
"All will be explained in due time, Young Master," Harrison assured him.
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The bunker’s silence was suffocating.Max’s fingers hovered over the button, every muscle in his body screaming for him to end this.One press.One moment.Elliot’s empire—gone.Emily, bruised and breathless, rushed into the chamber first, Red Fang and Molly behind her.“Max!” she gasped, eyes darting between him and Elliot. “Do it. End this.”Red Fang, ever the pragmatist, cocked his gun. “Push the damn button, boss.”Molly’s gaze flickered to the mainframe. “We don’t even know what wiping it will trigger.”Max knew that.That’s why he wasn’t pressing it.Something wasn’t right.Elliot, bloody but smirking, watched him carefully.“You hesitate,” he murmured. “Smart.”Emily’s breath hitched. “Max, don’t listen to him.”Elliot’s smirk widened.“You think I built this entire empire just for it to collapse with me?” His bruised fingers tapped the device in his palm. “Go ahead. Destroy it. But you won’t be stopping anything.”Max’s grip tightened.“Then what am I stopping?”Elliot chuckle
CHAPTER 217
The bunker loomed before them, half-buried beneath ice and reinforced steel. The frozen wind howled across the tundra, but Max barely felt it.He could only see one thing.The entrance to Project Nemesis.Red Fang, Emily, and Orlov’s strike team flanked him. The Russian general’s men were hardened operatives, armed to the teeth.“Thermal scans show minimal movement inside,” Molly reported through the comms. “But that’s impossible. Elliot wouldn’t leave this place unguarded.”Max’s jaw tightened.“He’s waiting.”Emily’s hand hovered over her gun.“So what’s the play?”Max stepped forward.“No more tricks,” he said. “I go in alone.”The bunker’s inner doors slid open, revealing a massive, circular chamber bathed in dim, blue light.And at its center—Elliot.Standing alone, dressed in a black combat shirt, his expression calm.Waiting.“You made it,” Elliot said smoothly. “Was starting to think you’d given up.”Max stepped forward, muscles coiled.“No more games.”Elliot smirked.“No. J
CHAPTER 216
Max’s eyelids cracked open, and the first thing he felt was pain.His wrists were bound.His head throbbed.His breath came out in short, sharp bursts, the frigid air burning his lungs.The room was concrete and steel, dimly lit by a single overhead bulb.A black site.Siberia.He flexed his fingers, feeling the bite of handcuffs against his skin.Across from him, Emily and Red Fang sat in matching restraints, their eyes flicking toward him as he stirred.Emily’s lip was split. Red Fang’s knuckles were bruised.Max let out a slow, steady breath.Elliot had planned for this.And now?Now they were in his trap.The heavy door groaned open.A man strode in—tall, broad, and radiating pure military authority.General Dmitri Orlov.His icy blue eyes swept over them, calculating, judging.He stopped before Max, arms crossed.“I should execute you where you sit,” Orlov said in flawless English.Max didn’t flinch.“You’d be making a mistake.”Orlov’s expression didn’t change.“You are Maxwell
CHAPTER 215
Max’s hands shook as he stared at the blinking red display on Emily’s chest.0:59He swallowed, forcing his mind to slow down.“Emily, don’t move,” he said, his voice tight.She held her breath. “Wasn’t planning to.”The bomb’s wiring was intricate, laced with a failsafe mechanism designed to detonate if tampered with incorrectly.0:45Molly’s voice crackled through the earpiece.“Max, I’m in the system—there’s a wireless detonation trigger, but I can’t hack it remotely. You have to disable it manually.”Red Fang’s tone was grim. “How much time?”Max exhaled shakily. “Not enough.”0:30His fingers moved with surgical precision, tracing the primary detonation circuit. One wrong move, and Emily would—No.Focus.Emily’s eyes locked on his. “Max.”0:15“Almost there,” he muttered.0:10Max found the kill switch—but it was wired to a secondary charge.Damn it.He had one chance.One cut.He sliced through the wire.0:03The countdown stopped.A sharp, piercing silence filled the room.Emi
CHAPTER 214
The skyline of Dubai gleamed under the desert moon, an empire of glass and steel stretching toward the heavens.At its peak stood the Desert Crown, a private skyscraper Elliot had turned into his personal fortress.Tonight, Max was walking straight into it.Max adjusted his collar, stepping out of the sleek black car that had been provided for him.No weapons.No backup.No second chances.Elliot had made that clear.The building’s penthouse elevator was already waiting.Red Fang’s voice crackled through the hidden earpiece.“You sure about this, boss?”Max stepped inside.“No.”The elevator doors sealed shut, carrying him into the lion’s den.The penthouse was a study in excess. Floor-to-ceiling windows overlooked the glittering skyline, the city pulsing with unmatched wealth and power.And at the center of it all—Elliot.Sitting in a high-backed chair, dressed in a custom black suit, a drink in hand, smirking like he’d already won.Emily was nowhere to be seen.Max’s fists clenched.
CHAPTER213
The screen on Viktor’s phone lit up.A live news broadcast.Max turned his head slightly—and felt his blood go cold.His own face flashed across the screen.BREAKING NEWS:“Interpol confirms Maxwell Montgomery is in possession of a classified bioweapon. Global alert issued. Immediate capture or termination authorized.”Max’s heartbeat thundered.No.Elliot’s voice hummed through the line.“You see, Max… while you were busy looking for me?”The smirk was almost audible.“I made the world believe you’re the real threat.”Viktor gave him a mocking shrug.“Sorry, Max. It’s just business.”Gunfire roared through the abandoned warehouse, bullets sparking off rusted steel beams as Max dove for cover behind a stack of shipping crates. The acrid stench of gunpowder filled the air, mingling with the heavy scent of betrayal.Red Fang was already firing back, his rifle barking as he clipped one of Viktor’s men.But it wasn’t enough.They were outnumbered.And worse—Emily was gone.“Max, we gotta
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