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CHAPTER 132
Miles put on a face of complete bewilderment, the kind of expression that takes years of practice to make convincing. "Ethan? I looked everywhere for him, Aunt Victoria. I turned around and he was just gone. I think he wandered off on his own. You know how he gets."Catherine Clarke, Robert's sister and the eldest branch's most vocal critic of Serena's marriage, leaned forward with the speed of a vulture spotting a carcass."Wandered off? In a hotel like this?" She pressed one manicured hand to her chest in mock concern. "Oh dear. Someone should check the silverware. That boy looks like he'd pocket a soup spoon if nobody was watching."Laughter rippled down Catherine's side of the table."Maybe he's in the parking garage looking for unlocked cars." Trevor Park grinned from three seats down, his faded bruises glowing under the chandelier light. "Old habits, right?""Don't be ridiculous, Trevor." Brooke stirred her wine with one finger. "He probably saw the menu prices and ran. Cockroac
Chapter 131
The Grand Crestwood Hotel rose from the city center like a monument to the kind of money that never needs to announce itself. Glass and marble and gold leaf trimming on every surface, the kind of place where the doormen wore better suits than most of the guests and the lobby chandelier cost more than a house in the suburbs.The two black sedans pulled up to the front entrance and the Clarke family stepped out in order of perceived importance. Robert first. Victoria behind him. Serena after that. Ethan last, the way luggage comes off a conveyor belt after everyone has already walked away.A young man was waiting at the entrance with a smile so wide it looked like it had been stapled on. Cousin Miles Clarke, mid twenties, with a tailored blazer that was one size too tight and the kind of eager, hungry energy that belongs to people who survive by licking the right boots at the right time. He was one of the eldest branch's reliable foot soldiers, the type who could smell which direction p
CHAPTER 130
"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
CHAPTER 129
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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