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Chapter 184: The Puppet Strings!
Victor Vaughan stood in the center of the room, which had now suddenly become silent, save for the slow drip of condensation from the stone ceiling and the faint hum of ancient machines embedded in the walls — a fusion of old magic and stolen technology.Around him stood the members of the other members of the Crescent Order who could already see victory in the distant horizon. For years they've been waiting patiently for the day that the Silver Phoenix and the Flameborn would be under their control, and that day was finally here.As a testament to their forthcoming victory, Trey and Tyler stepped forward and knelt before Victor who had successful been able to plant into them the lies they needed to hear just to trust him enough to be his pawn in the game of power that he was playing.Victor had only one ambition, and that was to merge the Flameborn and Silver Phoenix back together, embody the amalgamated entity and subject the entire world to his rule in not just being the most power
Chapter 183: Unreachable!
The group had gathered in their usual spot at the café near campus, but even the hum of chatter and clink of coffee cups couldn’t cut through the heaviness at their table.Andrew sat hunched over his phone, thumb swiping through his call log for the tenth time. The same message kept flashing on his screen: The number you are trying to call is currently unreachable. He stared at it like maybe, if he glared long enough, the words would change.Across from him, James slammed his own phone face down, the ceramic cup beside him rattling from the impact. “Nothing. Still the same thing.” His voice was clipped, tight, the worry obvious.Nancy glanced between them, her brow furrowed. “You’ve tried both of them?”“Bella and Jackson. Back-to-back. For the past hour,” James replied, dragging a hand down his face. “It’s not like either of them to be completely off the grid. And now both of them? At the same time? That’s not a coincidence.”Hailey leaned back in her chair, arms crossed loosely, try
Chapter 182: The Shadowed Dream!
Jackson floated in that place between burning pain and cold silence — a limbo where the walls of his mind felt thin, as if a single breath might tear them apart. His body lay somewhere else, broken and fevered, but here he drifted through a shifting darkness lit only by flickers of buried flame.Through the murk, a figure began to form — broad shoulders, an old suit jacket, the familiar hush of polished shoes on marble floors he half-remembered from his childhood. The air tasted like smoke and old books. And then the shadows cleared just enough for Jackson to see him.Philip Hart stood before him, eyes alive with a restless blaze that now echoed in his own.“Dad…” Jackson’s voice cracked out of his dream-self, rough as ash. He reached for him, but the distance between them stretched like a cruel joke.That was when Jackson knew that he wasn't dead. He had almost thought he was dead, but now, seeing that he wasn't able to reach out to his father, something in him was enough to convince
Chapter 181: The Thin Line!
When the tension finally eased Evans' attention returned to Bella whom he believed Dylan was able to get away from the grip of the members of Crescent Order while he was keeping them busy with Jackson playing him as a worthy prize before them.“Where did you take her?” Evans asked, his arms crossed.“Bella’s safe,” Dylan said, his voice measured, steady. “Nothing bad happened. Nothing will.”He already knew who Evans was refering to, and so didn't need to ask him who he was refering to.Evans rolled his eyes in his socket. “Don’t dance around this. You took her while I was keeping the Crescent’s dogs busy. You owe me more than vague reassurances.”A tired sigh slipped from Dylan’s throat as he closed the case with a quiet click. “I got her out through the old Eastway tunnels. I left her with someone I trust — safer than anywhere else right now.”Evans stepped forward, boots scuffing the dusty floor. “Someone you trust? You were Crescent Order once. What makes you think I should just t
Chapter 180: The Hidden Ward!
Evans pulled his car off the narrow, unmarked road and let the engine idle for a moment, staring through the windshield at the building that rose from the shadows ahead. It was nothing special at first glance — just an old building tucked behind rusting fences. But the security cameras perched under the eaves told a different story, as did the neat line of black SUVs parked in the side lot.Evans stepped out into the crisp night air, the hum of distant city traffic a fading memory behind him. He glanced at Jackson, still unconscious in the back seat, his face pale under the flicker of the overhead dome light. The conversation with Dylan Stones replayed in his head — the instructions, the secrecy, the quiet promise that “this is the only place we can keep him safe for now.”Things had so much changed in the last couple of months that Evans couldn't believe that he who once wanted Jackson down was now the one helping to keep him alive.But what choice had he got? He had to keep Jackson
Chapter 179: The Replica Flameborn!
The underground sanctum of the Crescent Order was nothing like the ruins and temples the old legends whispered about. Having successfully extracted the flameborn from Jackson, it was time to transfer the powers to Tyler who was still not yet sure how all of what was happening had anything to do with him.Even if it was true that he had something against Jackson, he wasn't ready to be the host to some kind of ancient powers which in itself was scary enough to be heard about, let alone have it live inside of himBut to the members of the Crescent Order, his thoughts—whatever they were didn't matter.Dragging Tyler to the centre of the sanctum which was like an altar of the old religion, they made him kneel on a slab of cold black stone. His wrists were bound in ceremonial bands of copper and leather, and before him hovered the Orb pulsing with an eerie crimson glow that made his skin crawl.Gripped with so much fear now, Tyler watched as each member of the Crescent Order chanted in a t
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