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CHAPTER 230
"We have no fingerprints, no DNA, no vehicle records, no communication traces. The only thing they left behind was that coin, and they left it on purpose.""Because they want me to know who they are." Alexander's eyes moved to the coin. "They want me to remember that symbol. They want me to understand the scale of what I'm facing."Marcus looked at his commander. "Do you? Understand the scale?"Alexander was quiet for several seconds. The highway stretched ahead of them, empty and gray under a sky that couldn't decide between clouds and sun."I understand that someone with the resources to deploy military contractors, supply military grade explosives, execute a precision attack on a public road, and sterilize every trace of their involvement within hours has decided that I need to die." Alexander's voice was calm and measured, carrying no more emotion than a man reading a weather report. "And I understand that whoever hired them knew my route, my vehicle, my schedule, and the fact tha
CHAPTER 259
"The shipment was marked with this symbol. Every crate. Every container. Every piece of documentation. We traced it to a private network that operated outside any government structure. No national affiliation. No political alignment. Just money, resources, and the willingness to sell military capabilities to whoever could pay."Marcus's face hardened. "A private military network?""More than that." Alexander set the evidence bag on the seat between them. "A shadow organization that provides military grade services to clients who can't or won't go through official channels. Assassinations. Regime changes. Corporate warfare at the highest level. They operate across borders, outside jurisdictions, and beneath the radar of every intelligence agency in the world.""How is that possible?" Marcus's brow furrowed deeply. "An organization that size would leave traces. Financial trails. Communication networks. Personnel records.""They leave exactly what they want to leave." Alexander's eyes re
CHAPTER 258
Alexander walked out. Marcus was waiting in the corridor, standing at attention, a tablet in one hand and a phone in the other. He fell into step beside Alexander as they moved toward the private exit."The bomb squad finished their full analysis at oh four hundred." Marcus's voice was low, efficient. "The device was a shaped C4 charge, three hundred grams, mounted with rare earth magnetic clamps to the engine block. Remote detonation via encrypted signal within a five hundred meter radius.""Trigger mechanism?" Alexander pushed through the exit doors into the gray morning light."Single use transmitter. Military specification. The kind issued to tier one special operations units in at least four countries." Marcus opened the rear door of an armored SUV. "This was not a civilian operation, sir. The materials, the technique, the execution. Everything points to a professional military contractor."Alexander climbed into the vehicle. Marcus circled to the other side and got in beside him
CHAPTER 257
By six in the morning, the explosion was the only thing anyone in the country was talking about.Every major news channel ran the dashcam footage on a continuous loop, the thirty seven second clip replaying over and over with different anchors providing different commentary but arriving at the same conclusion. Someone had tried to kill Alexander Kane with a car bomb in broad daylight on a public road.The debate online was immediate and violent."This is attempted murder. Whoever did this needs to be found and executed.""Am I supposed to feel sorry for him? The man destroyed the Thompson family and drove Robert to his grave. Maybe someone decided enough was enough.""A car bomb on a public street could have killed dozens of innocent people. This isn't justice. This is terrorism.""Victoria Thompson was crying on television three days ago. Now her enemy gets bombed. Coincidence? I don't think so.""The child was in the car. His DAUGHTER was in the car. Whatever you think about Alexand
CHAPTER 256
"I was scared at first." Emma pressed her face against Margaret's chest. "But then Uncle Alex held me and told me to close my eyes. And I knew it would be okay because he never lets anything bad happen to me."Margaret's arms tightened around Emma. Her eyes lifted to the treatment room door. The woman who had once spat at Alexander Kane's feet, who had cursed his name for five years, who had called him a monster and meant every syllable, sat holding her granddaughter and said nothing.Because there was nothing left to say.Outside the hospital, Marcus stepped away from the building's entrance and answered a call from his lead investigator at the blast site."Colonel Bennett, we've completed the preliminary analysis." The investigator's voice was clipped, professional. "The device was planted on the vehicle's undercarriage, attached to the engine block with magnetic mounts. Remote detonation, triggered by a signal from within five hundred meters.""What kind of device?" Marcus's eyes s
CHAPTER 255
Twenty minutes later, the hospital's private entrance burst open for the second time.Sophia came through the door at a run. Her face was white. Her eyes were wild. Her coat was half buttoned and her shoes didn't match, one flat and one low heel, grabbed in the frantic seconds between seeing the news and running out the door.Margaret was three steps behind her, breathing hard, one hand pressed against her chest. Richard followed, his face drawn and serious."Where is she? Where's Emma?" Sophia's voice cracked as she scanned the corridor."Mama!" Emma's small voice echoed from the bench.Sophia's legs nearly gave out. She dropped to her knees and Emma crashed into her arms, burying her face in her mother's neck. Sophia's hands moved frantically across Emma's body, checking her arms, her legs, her head, every inch of her small frame."Are you hurt? Baby, tell me where it hurts." Sophia's voice shook violently."I'm okay, Mama." Emma's voice was muffled against Sophia's shoulder. "Uncle
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