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Antonio sat up straighter, his entire posture shifting. “What’s wrong? Are you hurt?”A pause. Then the faint sound of a sob. “No,” she murmured, “it’s not me. It’s… my mother. She’s in a terrible condition. The doctors said things aren’t looking good.” Her voice cracked with emotion, the words dissolving into shallow breaths. “Please… can you come over? I can’t go there alone.”Antonio’s fingers tightened around the phone. For a moment, he said nothing. He had spent the week buried in work, consumed by thoughts of Blackthorne—the man who had destroyed everything that mattered to him. He’d been planning his next move, piecing together threads of vengeance that demanded precision. But Cynthia’s voice which was so fragile and broken pulled him out of that darkness.He exhaled quietly, his tone softening. “Of course, Cynthia. Where are you now?”“At my apartment,” she replied between sniffles. “If you come, we can go together to my parents’ place. It’s a few hours’ drive from here
Chapter 250
Antonio sat in his study long after the rest of the mansion had gone quiet. The room was in silence, broken only by the rhythmic ticking of the antique clock above the fireplace, and the slow crackle of burning wood. In his hand, Antonio held a half-filled glass of whiskey, the amber liquid catching the light every time the fire flickered. His reflection in the glass looked almost foreign—hardened and hollow, like a man carrying ghosts. He hadn’t slept properly in days. Every time he closed his eyes, his mother’s face appeared before him—gentle, kind, and yet broken.He could still remember the call. The trembling voice on the other end. His mother’s death had been more than a loss—it had been a message. Someone had wanted to hurt him, and they’d succeeded.That alone made Antonio’s blood run cold. There were people without conscience and boundaries. They were the ones responsible for the fire that took her life and they had vanished without a trace.Blackthorn definitely had a
Chapter 249
The air around the isolated building was thick with tension. Antonio moved through the shadows, carrying Liora in his arms. Her weight was light as if she had been hollowed out by terror.Her torn dress fluttered against his arm, brushing like silk against steel. Strands of her hair clung to her bruised cheek, and her breath came in shallow, uneven pulls. The rise and fall of her chest was fragile, the sound of it barely louder than the whisper of wind sneaking through the cracks.Antonio’s jaw was tight and the fury in his chest was cold, controlled and contained. His eyes burned with quiet violence as he moved swiftly toward the exit.He was only a few steps from freedom when two figures emerged from the side corridor. They were Greg’s remaining men. They were large, brutal-looking men with swollen faces and bloodshot eyes, the kind that had lived their lives following orders they didn’t understand. Their desperation was palpable; the glint of fear in their eyes was sharper t
Chapter 248
Just before he could pull the trigger, Antonio lunged and overpowered him. The moment some of Greg’s men who were present saw this, they lunged at him. Chaos detonated in the room like a storm breaking through silence. The air thickened with violence. The dim light from the chandelier trembled above, casting sharp shadows that flickered across the peeling wallpaper and the broken glass scattered over the floor.The first man came at Antonio with a metal rod, his movement clumsy but brutal. The steel whistled through the air, aiming for Antonio’s head. Antonio ducked smoothly, his body moving with trained precision, honed reflexes guiding every step.Before the attacker could recover from the missed strike, Antonio twisted his wrist upward, snatching the man’s arm midair, and slammed his elbow into his ribs with the force of a hammer. The sound of the impact was deep and sickening. The man gasped, his breath leaving him in a wheeze before collapsing to the ground, the rod slippi
Chapter 247
The room fell into a cold, suffocating silence the moment Antonio’s eyes locked on Greg’s.For a brief, suspended second, time seemed to freeze. The dull yellow light from the chandelier flickered, casting fractured shadows that crawled across the walls and floor. It caught the glint of broken glass scattered near the doorway and illuminated Greg’s mocking smirk — and Liora’s terrified face, pale and frozen in shock, on the edge of the bed.Antonio's eyes burned with molten fury that could melt through steel if given the chance.Then Greg laughed.It cracked through the air like a whip. He clapped his hands together slowly with mock applause echoing off the marble walls. “Well, well,” Greg sneered with his grin widening, “look who we have here. The famous Antonio — the so-called genius who thinks he can play the hero.” His voice was thick with derision.“You just made things easier for me, didn’t you? You walked right into the lion’s den on your own. No traps, no bait. You brough
Chapter 246
The night was unnervingly quiet. Only the hum of Antonio’s Obsidian Lynx engine broke the stillness as it tore through the dim outskirts of the city. His phone was still glowing in his hand. He had just received another message from an unknown number and it replayed in his mind like a curse.> “You’ll watch her beg before I’m done. Let’s see how your precious Liora looks when I’m finished.”Attached to it had been pictures — Liora’s frightened face, her torn dress, and her wrists bound. The sender’s name was G. Antonio didn’t need to guess twice. He knew it was Greg Wilson. His jaw flexed and the veins on his temple became pronounced. He wasn’t just furious — he was calm in a way that scared even him. That dangerous kind of calm that came right before a storm.Two black SUVs were already waiting at a crossroad up ahead. When he saw their signal lights blink twice, he knew his men had arrived.Antonio slowed his car beside them. “Talk to me,” he ordered.One of the men leaned from t
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