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The police station doors swung open, and Ethan stepped out into the late afternoon sunlight.Immediately, reporters swarmed him from all sides. Cameras flashed and microphones were shoved forward as questions came flooding in.Ethan’s operatives and Theo had been released an hour earlier, just as Ethan had ordered Adrian to do.Unlike Ethan, their release hadn’t been made public. No reporters. No cameras. Just a quiet dismissal and a car ride back to their respective locations.The crowd quieted slightly as Ethan stopped walking and raised one hand.A reporter pushed to the front. “Mr. Aurelius, when you were first arrested this morning and learned why you were being detained, what was your reaction? How did you feel, knowing you were innocent?”Ethan took a moment, as if considering his words carefully. Then he spoke.“When law enforcement accuses you of something—especially something serious—the natural reaction is shock. Perhaps even anger.” He paused. “But if you know you’re in
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Adrian trudged out of the room, his shoulders heavy with a weight that hadn’t been there before.Lucas was already waiting in the monitoring room with Morgan. The moment he saw his father’s face, Lucas straightened.“Dad,” Lucas said, stepping forward. "I've confirmed what Morgan said. No one accessed that room except the officer."He paused, his brow furrowing. “Which makes me think maybe it’s the officer. Maybe Ethan got to him somehow, and make him pass the message to Marcel to betray us.”The officer had been a member of The Shadow before it collapsed, and was one of those former members Adrian had invited to join The Order with promises of power and position.“No," Adrian said, his voice coming out low and defeated. Lucas blinked. “What do you mean, no?”“It wasn’t the officer.”Lucas scoffed, throwing his hands up. “Then how? How was Ethan able to communicate with Marcel? Does he have some kind of telepathy power? Mind-to-mind communication?”He shook his head, frustration cl
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Adrian stepped inside the moment the door clicked open.Ethan’s head lifted slightly, and a slow smile spread across his face.“Oh,” he said.“My dear uncle finally grew the balls to show his face."Adrian didn’t respond immediately. Instead, he crossed the room in measured steps, his eyes never leaving Ethan’s face.“You always had a talent for stating the obvious,” Adrian said coolly as he pulled out the chair across from Ethan and sat down.Ethan leaned back, the smirk never fading. His cuffed hands rested on the table. “For you to be here personally, something must be eating at you. Curiosity, maybe?”He leaned forward slightly, his eyes glinting. “What is it, uncle? What’s got you so rattled that you couldn’t stay in your little observation room?”Adrian’s brow furrowed. His jaw tightened. “How did you do it?”Ethan blinked innocently. “Do what?”“Don’t play games with me.” Adrian’s voice dropped lower. "You know exactly what I’m talking about.”Ethan gave a slight shrug, acco
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Adrian stood with his hands clasped behind his back, staring through the glass at Ethan.Ethan sat calmly in the metal chair, his posture relaxed despite the handcuffs now on his wrists.Lucas stood beside his father, arms crossed, jaw tight.Behind them, Chief Superintendent Morgan shifted his weight from foot to foot, clearly uncomfortable with the silence.“What has he requested since his arrest?” Adrian asked without turning around.Morgan cleared his throat. “Nothing, sir. Just water.”He pointed through the glass at the plastic bottle sitting on the interrogation table in front of Ethan. “And he hasn’t even finished that.”Lucas tilted his head, one hand rising to stroke his moustache. His brows drew together. “Really?”He couldn’t figure out how Ethan had known what they were planning. He and his father had kept everything under wraps—both the arrest and the plan to bomb the chamber. They hadn’t even told the council members until after Ethan was already locked up.So how did
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Adrian stared at the closed door where the council members had just been dragged out, then turned to his son.“What now?” he asked.But before Lucas could answer, Adrian’s phone rang.Adrian pulled it from his pocket, anger flickering in his eyes.“Who in the world dares call me now? Of all times?” he muttered.He hissed under his breath when he saw the caller ID. “Of course… it’s him. Probably calling to check on the bomb’s outcome.”Lucas’s head snapped up when Adrian revealed that it was Dr. Vance.Dr. Vance was the lead scientist who’d assisted Lucas throughout the entire bomb project—from the initial research to the final construction. Lucas told Adrian to let him speak with Dr. VanceAdrian raised an eyebrow. “For what?”“To find out what went wrong, obviously. He might know something.”Adrian stared at his son for a moment, then reluctantly held out the phone.The moment Lucas swiped to answer the call, Adrian turned away, both hands going to his hair. Adrian muttered somethi
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Lucas rose to his feet instantly, his face twisted in shock and confusion, because nothing happened.No blast. No crumbling. The mansion still stood, as untouched and imposing as it had been seconds ago.Adrian rose slowly, his eyes fixed on his son. “What happened? What’s wrong?”Lucas stared at the remote in his hand, then back at the mansion standing untouched in the distance. "I… I don’t know," he admitted.He ran a hand through his hair, his jaw tight. "This isn't supposed to happen.”Across the room, Dr. Richter and Crane exchanged a quick glance, their shoulders relaxing slightly as relief crept in.Then, Dr. Richter let out a breath he’d been holding, while Crane’s jaw unclenched for the first time since the countdown began.Grant leaned forward in his seat. “Does this mean... we failed? The bomb didn’t work because of the Eternal Wardstone? Just like all the other attempts?”Lucas shook his head slowly without turning away from the window, as if he could will the mansion to
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