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Chapter 150 – The Knife in the Shadows
The heavy stone doors of the Crimson Vault sealed behind him with a final, grinding thud. The sound echoed like a grave closing.Chike stood on the steps outside, his chest heaving, every muscle trembling with exhaustion. Blood soaked his jacket where the traitor’s dagger had pierced him, the pain sharp with every breath. Yet the dossier was clutched firmly in his hand, its faint glow now hidden beneath layers of ash and leather.He had survived.But survival was not victory.The serpent’s last words slithered through his mind, poisonous and sharp.“Betrayal walks beside you.”He lifted his eyes. The Vault was deep beneath an abandoned monastery on the outskirts of the city. Moonlight bled through shattered windows, illuminating shadows where none should have been. And waiting in those shadows his inner circle.Adaeze. Obinna. Taye. And behind them, a dozen of his most trusted guards.They stood in silence as Chike emerged, their eyes narrowing as they took in his bloodied state. The
Chapter 149 – Shadows of the Vault
The silence inside the Crimson Vault was suffocating. The walls, lined with encrypted panels of shifting red light, pulsed like a heartbeat alive watching, waiting. Chike’s every breath echoed back at him, reminding him that once he stepped deeper, there would be no turning back.The Red Ledger had always been a network of shadows, but this was different. This was the core the protocols that could either crown him king of the empire or bury him beneath the weight of conspiracies older than his family’s shame.“Access sequence verified,” the system’s cold voice whispered. The vault’s inner chamber opened, revealing a long table stacked with sealed black dossiers. Each one bore the sigil of the Ledger: a crimson serpent biting its own tail.Chike reached for the nearest file, but his instincts screamed. He froze. Someone else had been here before him. The dust on the case was smudged, disturbed recently.“Too slow, Forgotten Heir.”The voice slithered through the shadows, and Chike turn
Chapter 148 – The Shadows Close In
Chike had thought he understood the reach of the Red Ledger. He had thought he’d seen the worst of their power in the attacks on his family, the infiltration of his businesses, and the brutal assassinations that had nearly broken him. But as the lights dimmed in the private boardroom, and the holo projections flickered to life, he realized he had only been scratching the surface of a darkness far deeper than he had ever imagined.Across the table, the senior members of the Crimson Vault men and women handpicked by Chike to become the new spearhead against the Red Ledger watched him with rapt attention. They had just received a dossier decrypted by the system, one that contained files so damning, so precise, that the very air in the room seemed to shiver with the weight of it.“These names,” whispered Iyabo, her voice trembling as she flipped through the digital records, “they’re not just criminals… They’re senators, ministers, generals… even clergy. They own the system. They are the s
Chapter 147 – The Wolf King’s Gambit
The night air was thick with tension, carrying the scent of blood, steel, and betrayal. Chike stood at the heart of the war council chamber, the flickering torches casting long shadows across the ancient stone walls. The Crimson Vault’s generals, cloaked in their black and crimson uniforms, leaned forward at the table, their expressions a mixture of eagerness and unease.On the massive oak table lay a map of the continent, spread open with red markers positioned like droplets of spilled blood each one marking a city the Red Ledger controlled. But tonight, new markers golden wolf insignias had been placed directly atop some of them.Chike’s voice cut through the silence, calm yet dangerous.“We are done playing defense. Tonight, the Red Ledger learns what happens when you corner a wolf.”He moved a golden wolf marker onto the central city of Dakarion, the Red Ledger’s largest hub outside of the capital. Murmurs erupted immediately.“Dakarion?” General Bako frowned. “That’s suicide. The
Chapter 146 – The Shadows of Betrayal
The conference chamber fell into a heavy silence after the last words of Elder Kofi echoed against the steel and glass walls. Every man and woman seated around the crescent-shaped table felt the weight of the revelation: the Crimson Vault was not just a financial empire, not just a syndicate of hidden hands it was a breathing beast, a hydra whose heads reached across continents, whose veins pulsed through governments, companies, and armies.And Chike, sitting at the center of it all, was no longer just a forgotten son-in-law clawing his way back from humiliation. He was a storm, and storms did not wait for permission.Yet, as he clenched his fists under the polished mahogany, his instincts screamed at him. Something in this chamber was wrong. Too still. Too staged.The flickering holographic map of the world on the table displayed red lit territories the Crimson Vault’s strongholds stretching from Lagos to Dubai, from New York to Hong Kong. But among those who sat with him now his sup
Chapter 145 – Awakening of the Crimson Vault
The ground trembled beneath their feet as the hidden passage yawned open, exhaling a wind that smelled of iron and ashes. The torches lining the chamber flickered wildly, their flames straining toward the darkness below as if drawn by some ancient hunger.Chike stood unmoved, his hand still gripping the bloodstained dagger. The others staggered back, shielding their faces from the sudden gust, but his gaze was fixed on the opening as if he had expected it all along.“This is it,” he said, voice calm, steady, dangerous. “The Crimson Vault.”Amaka swallowed hard, her voice barely above a whisper. “It feels alive… like it’s watching us.”The air thrummed with unseen power. Even the stone beneath them seemed to pulse like a heartbeat. The blood sacrifice had not only awakened the Vault it had stirred something far older.Tunde’s face was pale. “Chike, if we go down there… what if it’s not treasure? What if it’s a curse?”Chike finally turned, his eyes glinting with resolve. “Every curse c
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