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CHAPTER 185 PART 2
When consciousness returned, Diego's mind was clear and sharp. He lay on the cold warehouse floor, surrounded by corpses, but his thoughts had regained their tactical precision.Then he heard it. Distant sirens. Screaming. Chaos coming from somewhere outside the warehouse.Diego forced himself to stand, his body protesting but obeying. He navigated through the warehouse and found stairs leading up from what he now realized had been a basement ritual space.The moment he emerged onto ground level and stepped outside into daylight, Diego saw the devastation.He was in what looked like a middle-class residential neighborhood. And scattered across the street were people—civilians—convulsing on the ground. A woman outside her car. An elderly man on the sidewalk. A teenage boy who'd been riding a bicycle.All of them marked with spreading black veins across their exposed skin. All of them suffering from corruption poisoning.Severus. The possessed madman had run through this neighborhood, a
Chapter 185 PART 1
The ritual began with Severus's chanting reaching a fever pitch, the twelve cultists joining their voices in languages that predated recorded history. The knife descended toward Diego's cursed left hand, and Diego felt the Devil's Hand responding to the call.But not the way Severus had intended.The moment the blade touched Diego's cursed flesh, dark energy exploded outward in a wave of malevolent power that had been compressed and contained for years. The transference wasn't a gentle redistribution—it was a violent eruption.The first cultist to the left of Diego didn't even have time to scream. The darkness hit him like a tidal wave, flooding his system with corruption his body couldn't possibly contain. His eyes went black. His skin turned gray. Dark veins spread across his face like cracks in porcelain.Then he simply collapsed, dead before he hit the ground.The second cultist lasted three seconds longer, enough time for a strangled cry of agony before the same fate claimed him.
Chapter 184
Isabella left Esperanza's office with frustration burning in her chest. The confrontation had gone completely wrong. Instead of breaking Esperanza's spirit, instead of intimidating her into backing off, Isabella had only strengthened her enemy's resolve.Esperanza hadn't flinched. Hadn't backed down. Hadn't shown even a flicker of the fear Isabella had hoped to instill.Which meant the direct approach wouldn't work. Isabella needed a different strategy.If she couldn't neutralize Esperanza, she'd have to make Esperanza's opposition irrelevant by forcing Santiago's hand completely. No more waiting. No more gentle persuasion. It was time to use the nuclear option.That evening, Isabella invited Santiago to her apartment with promises of a quiet dinner and quality time. But the moment he arrived, she launched into tears—perfectly calculated, beautifully performed tears that made Santiago immediately uncomfortable."What's wrong?" he asked, moving to comfort her. "Is it the baby? Are you
CHAPTER 183 PART 2
"Weak?" Isabella's laugh was harsh. "He's not weak. He's being manipulated. By you. By your threats. By your constant interference in his happiness.""His happiness?" Esperanza's voice dripped with sarcasm. "Is that what you're calling this disaster? You using him for his money while working with the people who killed our father?""There you go again with the conspiracy theories," Isabella said, but something flickered in her eyes. "Diego really did a number on you, didn't he? Filling your head with paranoid fantasies about criminals and schemes.""Diego told me the truth. Something you wouldn't recognize if it bit you."Isabella's expression hardened. "You know what your problem is, Esperanza? You're a widow trying to stop young love because you can't stand seeing other people happy. You lost Diego—or he abandoned you, who knows—and now you want everyone else to be as miserable as you are."The words hit like physical blows, and Esperanza felt tears prick her eyes before she blinked
CHAPTER 183 PART 1
Esperanza's hands slammed on the desk sergeant's counter with enough force to make papers jump. "I don't care about your protocols! I don't care about your resource limitations! My husband is missing and you've buried his case like it doesn't matter!""Ma'am, please calm down—""I will not calm down!" Esperanza's voice rose to a near-shout, drawing attention from everyone in the station. "I want to speak to your superior! Now! And while I'm waiting, I'm making some calls of my own!"She pulled out her phone and began dialing with furious precision. First, her family's lawyer. Then a city councilman who owed the Vegas a favor. Then a journalist friend who specialized in exposing police corruption and incompetence.Each conversation was loud, deliberate, and designed to create maximum embarrassment for the department."Yes, that's right," she said into the phone, her voice carrying through the entire station. "They've classified my husband's disappearance as low priority despite clear e
Chapter 182
The tranquilizers had worn off enough for Diego to regain full consciousness, though his limbs still felt heavy and uncooperative. He found himself strapped to a cold stone slab in the center of the warehouse, his arms and legs bound with chains that had been etched with the same arcane symbols covering the walls.Around him, twelve figures stood in a perfect circle, all wearing dark robes identical to Severus's. The cult of Diablos, Diego realized with sinking dread. Twelve fanatics who actually believed the madness their leader preached.Candles burned at cardinal points around the ritual space, their flames casting dancing shadows that made the symbols seem to writhe and move. Incense smoke filled the air with a cloying sweetness that made Diego's head swim."This is a bad idea," Diego said, his voice still rough from the drugs. "If you do this ritual, you'll all die. Horribly. Painfully. I'm trying to save your lives by telling you this."Severus, his broken nose now bandaged but
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