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Chapter 275
The night hasn’t quite surrendered to day.Ethan stood on the mansion’s balcony.There was a glass of whiskey in his hand. He’d been up all night, watching the sunrise approach like a predator stalking prey.The lab report hit different now than it had six hours ago when he first read it: “DNA Analysis: Subject remains identified as Unknown Male, Age 50-60 at time of death. No genetic markers matching Adrian Aurelius. No family connections to any known Aurelius lineage.”The body buried under Adrian’s name wasn’t Adrian at all.Ethan poured another whiskey and knocked it back. But it couldn’t shake the panic sitting heavy in his chest.He’d been so close to fixing everything Magnus had messed up. But now that Adrian had shown up and dropped all those bombshells, everything had fallen apart because he knew the implication.The wind picked up, cold against his skin. His hair whipped across his forehead, but he didn’t move.Behind him, he heard footsteps.“My Lord,” Theo called out,
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EXCLUSIVE: "MY BROTHER TRIED TO KILL ME” - LONG-LOST AURELIUS HEIR BREAKS 25-YEAR SILENCE.The headline blazed across the screen in bold red letters.Ethan’s hands went numb.He rubbed his eyes hard, convinced he was hallucinating, or his mind playing tricks on him. But when he opened his eyes again, the headline was still there. How was he alive?Ethan’s thumb moved almost of its own accord, pressing play.The video started with a shot of the news anchor, Veronica Stone from Nation’s Network.“So let me understand this correctly,” she said. “You’re claiming that you were buried twenty-five years ago. That your funeral was attended by hundreds of people. That your death certificate is on file with the government. Yet here you are, very much alive?""Before we go any further, can you please confirm your identity and tell our viewers your name?” She added immediately.The camera shifted to the man sitting across from her. Lo and behold, it was Ethan's uncle, Adrian.Despite being in
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The city lights blurred past the windows as the car cut through the streets. The driver—one of the guards that were employed by Magnus—kept his eyes fixed on the road ahead, completely focused on navigation and nothing else. Theo sat in the front passenger seat, his body angled slightly toward the window, and Ethan was in the back, staring out at the blurred lights of the city passing by.After twenty minutes of nothing but the hum of the engine and the distant sound of traffic, Theo spoke.“My Lord, do you think they’ll come back?” he asked, still looking out the window. "The commanders, I mean. From what I observed in that room, I don’t think they will.”Ethan didn’t respond immediately.When he finally did, he told Theo that they should wait and see what Marcel and the other commanders decide, since they’d said they’d get back through Marcel.Ethan had decided before even going to the meeting that if they ended up refusing, he'd move forward with the alternative plan. He had de
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In the command centre of The Order’s largest military base, a holographic map of the world hovered above the central table.Ethan sat at the head of the table, his posture straight.Theo sat beside him, close enough that their shoulders almost touched. His jaw was clenched tight, already defensive. He’d been watching Ethan like a hawk ever since they’d arrived, ready to strike at the first sign of disrespect.Around the table sat eight of the highest-ranking commanders. Marcel stood at the far end, his arms crossed, his face unreadable.The silence in the room was heavy until Colonel Voss’ chair scraped against the stone floor as he leaned forward.“Let’s get to it,” he said, his voice rough like gravel. "I don't know about Marcel, but we didn't come because Marcel asked us to. We only did, out of respect for what you've done in the past. But understand—” He paused, making sure every eye in the room was on him. "We’re not here to be convinced to come back. That decision is final.
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“So you’re really doing this? Even knowing it could cost you your life?” Ethan asked, still in disbelief.Jessica said, “Look, I’ve spent my whole career chasing stories that actually matter. Getting close to the truth and making sure it doesn’t just disappear. Do you know what it’s like to know something huge and have to keep your mouth shut? To watch people believe lies and not be able to do anything about it? To know you could expose it but can’t?”“Here’s the thing about your family,” she continued. "Most people act like they love the Aurelius name. They act like they respect you all. But honestly? They hate you guys. They think you’re all pure and perfect on the surface, but deep down, they believe you’re corrupt as hell.”"Besides..." She gave a slight shrug.“I’m not built to bend. Not to threats. Not to anyone. This story is too big to ignore, and I’ve never backed down from such a story like this."There was something impressive about her stubbornness, even if it was foolish
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The restaurant looked exactly like Ethan remembered it the last time he’d been here with Jessica.She was already there, waiting at a corner table.She’d messaged him the night before asking him to meet her here because it’s about The Order.He had no idea how she’d found out about it and that he was connected to it, making him dying to know what exactly she wanted to talk about.He had almost cancelled, due to the crisis that had been surrounding him for the past three days.But he couldn't risk it, fearing if she published anything about it, everything would blow up, making make it way harder for him to just disappear and be forgotten.He’d been going back and forth in his head about what to do, contemplating whether to hand all his shares over to Lara and let her run the whole company or sell everything and dump all the money into the orphanage where he grew up.All he wanted—like he’d decided days ago—was to be done with the Aurelius family. He just wanted a fresh start. A simple
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