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The words hit the shop like a bomb.Lilith’s face turned to stone. Her eyes blazed with cold fury. She stepped forward, heels striking the marble like gunshots. "How dare you try to trick me?!" Her voice echoed in the shop."You dare try to scam me with this nonsense?!”Victor stumbled back. His face went pale.How could Adrian tell that it was a fake by merely looking at it?Even an experienced appraiser took more than thirty minutes to discover.“No—no, Miss Ivanova! It’s real! I swear!” “This—this is a setup! That beggar must’ve switched it!”He spun to the appraiser, voice cracking. “You’re wrong! Check again! Check again!”Lilith’s laugh was sharp and cruel. “My appraiser is he best in the world. He has never made a mistake. Never!”Victor dropped to his knees. The necklace clattered to the floor. “Please! It’s a mistake! He did it!” He pointed at Adrian with a trembling finger. “That bastard! He switched the stones! He’s jealous! He’s broke!”Adrian threw his head bac
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Victor's cruel smile widened. He raised his voice loudly on purpose. Customers in the shop turned their heads as soon as they heard his voice."Look, everyone!" Victor shouted. He waved the ring high in the air. The diamond sparkled under the lights. "It's Adrian Lancaster! The big man from the Aldridge family!"Gasps filled the room. Eyes locked on Adrian. Victor leaned forward. His eyes gleamed with joy."The Aldridge family is about to discard their son-in-law!" Victor laughed. More people gathered. A crowd formed around the counter. Victor pointed at Adrian. "He's trying to cling to this ring as his last fortune. Poor thing!"Adrian stood still. His face turned dark. Dragon energy stirred inside him. But he held it back.Victor kept going. His voice is louder. "I heard you're about to be discarded like rotten fruit! From hero to zero. The mighty Adrian Lancaster begging for scraps!"Laughter rippled through the shop, and someone recorded it on their phone. "Two million or walk,
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She left the room, and Adrian stared at the documents. His fingers tightened around it, and the storm inside him grew. Julia hurried out of Adrian’s office.She rushed to her desk in Rhein Group’s command center.Julia’s fingers flew across her console, pulling every string she could. She called in favors from informants, hacked into black-market trade logs, and activated Rhein Group’s network of spies embedded in Silver City. “Find me that ring,” she barked into her comm.“Engagement ring, sold by Sophia Aldridge. It is of extremely high value. Check every pawn shop and jeweler in the city. Now!”Minutes dragged like hours. Sweat beaded on her forehead as she went through the report to report. The city’s elite pawn shops were her best bet; Sophia’s rage would’ve driven her to act fast, not smart. Julia cross-referenced recent sales with Sophia’s known movements; her heart was pounding as the deadline that Adrian had given her was approaching.Finally, a ping from a contact in the
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His father sighed. "There's no truth but what you have done. Maybe you're the monster here."Adrian's rage reached its peak and it exploded from him like a wildfire. The air hummed with red energy.He grabbed his father by the tailored suit jacket. His fingers dug in like claws. He lifted him effortlessly from the throne. The chair scraped back with a loud screech.His father dangled in the air as Adrian dragged him across the marble floor."What do you think you're doing? Put me down!" His father snarled.Adrian's face lit up with anger. His eyes burned red. "You did this! Admit it!"He smashed the balcony doors open.Adrian hauled his father over the stone railing. He lifted the older man high into the cold, rainy air.Wind howled around them and lightning flashed in the sky."TELL ME THE TRUTH," Adrian roared. "OR I SWEAR I'LL END YOU HERE AND NOW!"His father's face was devoid of fear. He didn't struggle. He smiled. A very chilling and triumphant smirk."Look at you!" his father
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"I shouldn't have gone," Adrian whispered. "I should have stayed away from him."Rage boiled inside him kike a firestorm. He started the engine and it roared to life. He zoomed off back to his father's house.He was going to end this madness.Early in the morning, Adrian's car screamed to a halt outside his father's estate. He turned off the engine and descended from his car.The silence in the compound was broken only by the relentless rain pounding the roof.Adrian didn't use the door. He kicked it open and charged inside the mansion. Dragon energy crackled beneath his skin like lightning in his veins. His eyes glowed red with fury. Rain soaked him but he didn't feel it. Only rage drove him.Richard stepped out from the shadows. His face paled. "Mr. Adrian, you cannot enter! You are not expected..."Adrian didn't stop or slow down. He didn't touch Richard. But the sheer shockwave of his speed and rage released kinetic Dragon energy. It sent the old man sprawling harmlessly int
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The family surged forward. Gerald, Sophia's brother, shoved Adrian back. "After all we've done for you? Gave you a place, trusted you? You stabbed us in the back! Grandfather believed in you!"Sarah, Sophia's mother, pointed a shaking finger. "I always knew I couldn't trust you! From the start! Get out!"Elena stayed quiet, her eyes sad, watching from the side but she didn't say anything.Adrian stepped back, heartbroken. The family pulled Sophia away, surrounding her like a wall. "Get out, murderer!" they shouted. Adrian took a step closer. His voice softened. "Sophia, calm down. You're angry and grieving. You'll get over this. The videos are fake. Someone's playing a wicked game."Sophia's eyes filled with rage. They burned like fire. She wiped her tears and shouted. "Fake? How can you say that?"She waved to a servant standing nearby. The old man stepped forward. His hands shook. "Tell them what you saw," Sophia said.The servant nodded. His voice trembled. "I saw Mr. Adrian enter
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