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"Clarke family dinner tonight at The Grand Crestwood Hotel. Harrison is hosting." Victoria paused, and the pause had weight. "It's the eve of Nathan's inauguration as president of Clarke Group. The entire family will be there. First branch, second branch, everyone.""What does the old man want?" Ethan already had a guess, but he wanted to hear her say it."I think he wants to give us a final warning before power officially transfers. Nathan has been moving fast, Ethan. Too fast. And Harrison has never liked it when people move faster than he can control." Victoria's voice tightened. "I need you there tonight. Whatever happens at that table, Serena shouldn't face it alone.""I'll be there.""Thank you." The relief in her voice was real and deep. "And Ethan, please wear something nice. You know how Robert gets about appearances.""Yes, because Robert Clarke's opinion on fashion is exactly what we should prioritize right now," the Spirit muttered. "The man dresses like a retired accounta
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Natasha stood. She picked up her bag from the chair beside the window, slung it over her shoulder, and walked to the door with the measured stride of someone who had already decided that everything behind her no longer existed.She did not look back. She did not thank him for saving her from Master Garrett.She did not acknowledge that he had neutralized the poison burning through her body.She simply opened the door, stepped through it, and closed it behind her with a soft click that sounded like a verdict being handed down in a courtroom where the defendant was not permitted to speak.The room was very quiet after that.Ethan sat on the edge of the bed for a long time. His eyes fell on the sheets and he saw what the Spirit had already told him.The evidence was small and unmistakable, and it told a story that did not match the one Natasha Sterling had been telling the world for years.The widow. The woman whose husband had died and left her alone.Her public story did not match her
CHAPTER 128
Sunlight cut through the hotel curtains in thick golden bars and landed across Ethan's face like a slap.He blinked twice, then three times, and the ceiling above him slowly came into focus. White plaster. A crack running from the light fixture to the corner. A fan that wasn't spinning.He was not at home.His body felt different. Lighter. Cleaner. Like someone had taken a wire brush to the inside of his veins and scrubbed away a layer of something that had been sitting there for years.His muscles responded faster when he moved his fingers.His breathing came easier. Even the low, constant hum of toxic energy that had lived in his chest since the day his bloodline was stolen felt quieter than it had in months."Good morning, sunshine." The Spirit's voice was unusually soft. No sarcasm. No jokes. Just a calm, measured tone that told Ethan everything he needed to know about the seriousness of what had happened."Before you spiral, let me give you the medical update. The Resentful Drago
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Ethan burned the body to ashes with a concentrated burst of Dragon Force. The wind carried the remains into the trees, and within moments there was nothing left of Master Garrett but scorched earth and the smell of something foul.He turned to Natasha.She was on the ground, her body curled inward, her skin flushed so deep it looked like she was burning from the inside out.Her breathing came in short, desperate bursts, and her consciousness was flickering in and out like a candle in a storm.The red powder had overwhelmed every defense she had, and even her combat discipline, the iron will that had kept her fighting long past the point where most people would have collapsed, was crumbling.Ethan knelt beside her and placed both hands on her shoulders, channeling Dragon Force into her bloodstream to neutralize the chemical agent.The moment his energy entered her body, something went wrong.The Resentful Dragon Force inside his core surged with a violence that nearly knocked him off h
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Below, Garrett cornered Natasha against a cluster of boulders. The red powder had taken full hold of her body. Her skin was flushed deep crimson, her breathing came in shallow, ragged bursts, and her combat effectiveness was collapsing faster than she could compensate. She was still fighting, still throwing strikes that would have killed a normal man, but the precision was gone and Garrett knew it."You stupid girl." Garrett wiped blood from his lip and smiled with the patience of a man who had already won. "Did you really think you could steal from The Sanctum? You're a dog chasing a car. Even if you caught it, what were you going to do with it?"Natasha's hand dropped to the dagger at her hip. Her fingers closed around the handle and she drew it not toward Garrett, but toward her own throat. Her eyes were steady. She was not bluffing."She'd rather die than be taken," the Spirit observed quietly. "That tells you everything about what The Sanctum does to prisoners."Ethan stepped out
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Ethan dropped from the Griffin compound wall and hit the ground running. The spiritual mark that Master Garrett had planted on his shoulder earlier that day was long gone, burned off within seconds of contact.But the Spirit had done something far more useful with those seconds. He had copied the signature."Got him," the Spirit said, his voice focused and locked in like a hunting dog on a scent. "Northwest. Moving fast. About four miles out and climbing."How strong is the signal?"Clear as a bell. Old man left his fingerprints all over your meridians when he touched you. Sloppy. Arrogant. The kind of mistake people make when they think they're the smartest person in the room."Ethan moved through the city like smoke, leaping between rooftops and cutting through alleys at a speed that would have blurred him to any camera that tried to catch his shape.The signature pulled him north, past the commercial district, past the residential towers, toward the old parks on Crestwood's outer e
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