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Chapter 90
The air smelled like dust, smoke, and fear. Benjamin stood at the edge of the ruined street, staring at the enemy’s fortifications in the distance. The new faction had been tightening their grip on the city for weeks now, cutting off supplies, spreading propaganda, and making it harder for his people to hold their ground.This battle was crucial. Lose here, and everything he’d worked for in the last year would start crumbling.He could hear the low rumble of machinery in the distance. Armored trucks, heavy weapons, and men ready to fight for the faction’s leader. The man who had become Benjamin’s newest rival. The man who, in a strange way, reminded him of himself.Benjamin adjusted his jacket and took a deep breath. His men were waiting for his signal. They trusted him to lead them through this.“Once we breach that wall,” his second-in-command, Mason, said, “it’s going to be chaos. They’re well-prepared.”Benjamin nodded. “That’s why we can’t give them time to think.”He was about
Chapter 89
Benjamin had been expecting this day. He didn’t know exactly when it would come, or what form it would take, but he knew sooner or later he would have to look his new enemy in the eye.The media blitz against the new faction had landed like a thunderclap. The files, the proof, the recordings all laid out for the world to see. Governments debated it. News anchors repeated Benjamin’s name like it was suddenly part of the political weather. People called him bold, reckless, dangerous. And somewhere out there, the leader of that faction had been watching too.The meeting request didn’t come in the form of a polite email or a quiet invitation. It came in a much more direct way.A convoy of sleek black SUVs rolled up outside one of Benjamin’s safehouses not the public headquarters, but one of his private, guarded locations known only to his closest circle. The vehicles stopped, doors opening in unison like a scene from a film. His people were immediately on edge. But then a single fig
Chapter 88
Benjamin Moore stood by the wide glass window of the penthouse, staring out at the city lights. It was late, but the streets still glowed like veins of gold in the dark. The hum of the traffic below was distant, muted by the thick walls. Inside, the air was tense. Everyone knew what they were about to do. And everyone knew there would be no going back.The new faction had been making moves, quietly, strategically. Their influence was spreading in places most people didn’t even notice. But Benjamin noticed. He always noticed. And now, it was time to respond.Amanda sat at the round table, scrolling through her tablet, double-checking the files they had compiled. “We’ve got everything,” she said, her voice steady but sharp. “Every bank transfer, every secret deal, every shady meeting they thought was hidden.”Darius leaned against the wall, arms crossed. “The question is, how loud do you want to make this? Once it’s out there, you can’t pull it back.”Benjamin turned slowly, his expres
Chapter 87
It had been a long, exhausting week. The kind of week where the air always felt heavy and even coffee tasted like it was fighting to keep you awake.Emily was alone in her office that evening. The others had gone home, but she couldn’t quite bring herself to leave. Her desk was buried in reports about the new faction. Trade routes they were trying to control, secret accounts they’d been siphoning money into, names of people quietly switching allegiance. All important. All urgent. But her mind wasn’t really on any of it.She just needed… a break.Her eyes drifted to the corner of her desk, where an old storage box sat. It had been there for weeks, untouched. A courier had dropped it off while she’d been away on a mission with Darius, and she hadn’t bothered to go through it. The label was vague. Just her name in faded black marker.Something about the box suddenly felt… inviting.Emily slid it closer, brushed away a thin layer of dust, and opened it. Inside were stacks of old files, p
Chapter 85
The attack came without warning. One moment, everything was calm. Timothy Williams was in his office, reviewing some documents, as the late afternoon sunlight spilled across his desk, when the first explosion rattled the building.The sound wasn’t deafening, but it was enough to make the glass tremble in its frames. He froze for half a second, his mind trying to make sense of it. Maybe construction work nearby? But the second blast ripped away any chance of that excuse. The floor shook, the alarms began to wail, and his assistant burst in with panic written all over her face.“Sir, we need to evacuate now!” she shouted.Timothy didn’t argue. He grabbed his phone and his jacket, following her toward the emergency stairs. The building’s security guards were already shouting orders, but it was chaos, people pushing, papers flying, the air filling with dust.Down in the street, it was even worse. Several black SUVs had blocked off the road. Masked men with rifles were moving in formation
Chapter 84
The “Architect” was gone. His network, once spread across borders and hidden in shadows, had collapsed like a rotting building. For most people, that should have been the end of it. The big villain was gone. The nightmare was over. Life could go back to normal.But Benjamin knew better.Nothing in this world just vanished without leaving a hole. And in the underworld, holes didn’t stay empty for long. Something, or someone, always rushed in to fill them.He saw the signs early. Small movements. Quiet deals. A few familiar faces resurfacing in places they shouldn’t be. The men and women who had once worked under the Architect weren’t just disappearing. They were regrouping. And at the center of it all was someone new.This new leader wasn’t like the Architect. There were no grand speeches about destiny or higher callings. No whispers about fate. No mysterious visions.This one was… simple. Practical. Dangerous in a way that didn’t need magic or prophecy.Their name was Adrian Vale.Ben
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