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CHAPTER 186 PART 2
Across the city, in the rebuilt bunker, Isabella's voice carried triumph as she spoke into her phone. "He agreed. Santiago agreed to marry me. We're making it official this week."On the other end, Alejandro's satisfaction was palpable. "Finally. After all this time, all this planning, everything is falling into place.""Lucia must be pleased," Isabella said."She's ecstatic," Alejandro confirmed. "We both are. This is what we've been working toward for years. The moment you become Santiago's wife, we move to the final phase."Isabella's smile faded slightly. "What final phase?"Alejandro's pause was telling. "Isabella, surely you understand that Santiago can't remain in the picture permanently. He's useful now, as your husband, as the legal pathway to the Vega fortune. But once the marriage is finalized, once we have legal access to drain the assets..."The implication hung heavy in the air."You're going to kill him," Isabella said flatly."We're going to remove an obstacle," Alejan
CHAPTER 186 PART 1
"If you don't back away from the girl right now," the first EMT said, reaching for his radio, "I'm calling the police. You have three seconds.""Then call them," Diego replied, his voice calm despite the urgency. "But I'm not moving. This girl dies if I don't help her. And explaining that to her parents is something I refuse to do."The EMT's hand hovered over his radio, uncertainty flickering across his face. Something about Diego's absolute certainty, about the way he moved with practiced precision, made him hesitate.Diego didn't wait for permission. He placed his left hand—the cursed, corrupted, Devil's Hand—directly over the spreading black veins on the little girl's arm.The reaction was immediate and dramatic.The dark corruption in the girl's system recognized the greater darkness in Diego's hand like iron recognizing a magnet. The black veins began to recede, flowing backward through her body toward the point of contact with Diego. The cursed energy that had been killing her
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
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