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Chapter 187I can't sleep, or should I say I could barely shut my eyes. Everything I thought about was what Edwin showed me. He was still repeating the same thing over and over again. His calls and his messages were all about me joining him. I had thought he was going to show me how he made his secret robot soldiers, but I was wrong. I looked at the recorder that I was holding. I had managed to record everything, but a part of me feels it won't be enough. It was very simple; all I needed to do was expose him on the day of my graduation, which was coming up in just a few days from now. That was the deal. Although I was scared of the life of Zee and Juliet. They were the collateral Edwin was holding up to my head, in case things did not go as planned. I have sacrificed a lot to let those kinds of feelings block what needs to be done. I remembered Leo's words again. I knew some sacrifices needed to be made if I was going to have the desired results that I wanted. No cops, no federal
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Chapter 186 Fear of uncertainty gnawed at me. I don't know what Edwin was planning or what was going to happen in the next two days. I just need to be ready. I don't know what it was all about, and that makes it even more frightening for me. I shoved the recorder back into my pocket and began walking toward the dorms. Since school has resumed, I have started to live back in the school dorm till I finally became a graduate, which was just a semester away. It felt really good as I looked forward to what life had in store for me, but first, I knew what I needed to do. I knew I needed to erase anything that had to do with my past life. Anything that was tying me back to the Sterlings. Now was the time to put an end to everything, and maybe I was going to get the chance that I needed. The hallway lights flickered erratically above me, humming with static as if the whole building could sense something was coming. Two days. That was all I had.Two days to prepare.Two days to uncover t
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Chapter 185Have you ever felt you made a wrong choice?A wrong move, and everyone had to penalize you for it.Because that was what all of this seemed to me.Joining Edwin had felt like the only way to stay afloat in a world that had already turned its back on me. I didn’t trust him. Hell, I hated him. But I hated the system more. I hated the fact that no one had come to help me when I was drowning, when I was alone, when I was being trampled on and laughed at. The only person who came for me was Leo, and now he is dead. So I took his hand—not out of loyalty, but revenge.I wanted to destroy everything he had built. Everything he stood for. And I figured the best way to do that was from the inside.But somewhere along the line, the lines got blurry.Edwin wasn’t stupid. He knew I wanted to burn his empire to the ground. Yet he kept me close, fed me power, gave me responsibility—only to tie me to his mess.At first, I didn’t mind the fire. I was ready to walk through it if it meant
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Chapter 184The pen slipped from my fingers, clattering against the cold marble floor. A small sound, but it echoed like a gunshot in the suffocating silence that followed. I stood there, numb, the name Sterling bleeding across the page like a wound I couldn’t take back. Edwin’s eyes glinted with twisted satisfaction, but Daniel… Daniel looked almost disappointed.“You see?” Edwin said softly, folding the document with ceremonial grace. “There’s a certain peace in surrender. Now, we can begin your evolution.”Zee stumbled toward me, her good hand gripping my arm. “What did you do?” she whispered, her voice thick with disbelief.“I did what I had to,” I murmured, barely recognizing my own voice.“I told you not to let them win.”“I didn’t,” I said, but the lie was paper-thin and brittle on my tongue. “I’m going to burn this entire thing from the inside out.”Zee’s eyes narrowed. She knew me too well. She didn’t forgive me, not yet—but she understood.Edwin stood, brushing imaginary dus
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Chapter 183Edwin raised a hand, halting Daniel before he could retort.“Enough,” he said quietly, but the authority in his voice silenced the room like a sudden gust of wind through a candlelit hall. “We are not here to fight like children.”Daniel leaned back, arms crossed, still glaring at me with the kind of hatred that went beyond blood ties. I knew he wanted to provoke me, to push me until I broke and gave him the excuse he needed to unleash what was truly on his mind. But I wasn’t here for him.My eyes shifted back to Edwin. “Where is she?”He took a long sip of his wine before answering, almost savoring the silence. “She’s safe for now. But safety is fragile, especially in our world. The wrong move from you… And even I might not be able to guarantee it.”“Then get to the point. What do you want from me?”Edwin chuckled and finally gestured toward the chair across from him. “Sit.”I remained standing.He leaned forward, steepling his fingers. “The world doesn’t need more warrio
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Chapter 182As I lay on the bed, my mind went back to Zee. The thought of having to fight her again was all I could think about. It felt really good when she stood up for me. But now that we are back to being at loggerheads, it doesn't sit right with me. I just have to find a way for her to understand me. First, I have to get Juliet back, and if joining hands with Edwin would bring her back, then I have to do it. I had told my foster mother, but she doesn't seem to be pleased with it. “Do you think you can endure dining with the devil?” That was the only thing she told me. I don't know what to say or tell her. I know what she meant, and I know what it was going to cost me to join hands with Edwin. A part of me wishes there was another way, but clearly there is none. Daniel was going to be my half-brother, and I was not going to forsake my father's name, but I would have to take on a new name. Sterling. I had never thought there was going to come a time when I would have to thin
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