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THE BLACK LEDGER
Marcus’s gaze didn’t waver. “Because he is Xavier risk,” he replied. “Because he is not just any Xavier but the Xavier.”Darius’s jaw tightened. “You’re saying Ethan Ward is connected to Xavier Group.”Marcus’s voice became lower, heavier. “Not connected. He is the knife behind it. The one they don’t show the public. The CEO of the Xavier group and Leader of the Khagan council.”"The man that got you arrested?""Yes." Marcus was too ashamed to recall that meeting as it was very humiliating for him.Darius didn’t flinch. “Then why did he appear in Westmar like a civilian?”Marcus gave a humorless smile. “Because that is how he hunts. He never walks into a room as a king. He walks in as a servant, like a nobody. He waits until you show your teeth first.”Darius’s eyes stayed fixed. “So he has shown his hand.”Marcus leaned closer to the glass. “No,” he said. “He has shown you a warning. By the way I am not surprised with this because Casper Yulian scratched his back during our meeting a
THE XAVIER RISK
The picture hit the screen and made the room go quiet.It wasn’t a dramatic photo. It was grainy, taken from a distance at Westmar Port. A man in plain clothes stood between a bribe and a rifle, calm enough to look annoying. Yet something in his posture felt wrong, like the camera had caught a predator pretending to be harmless.Brigadier general Darius Herold, son of General Marcus Herold leaned back in his chair and stared at it without blinking. The Verdanis skyline glowed behind him through the glass wall of his penthouse office, but he didn’t look at the city. He looked at the man.His aide, captain Lorne, stood across the desk with a tablet clutched in both hands. “He triggered a federal audit,” Lorne said. “It happened fast. Helicopters. A port-wide lock. The supervisor panicked.”Darius’s voice was soft. “A nobody did that?”Lorne hesitated. “That’s the thing, sir. The port inspectors tried to detain him. They were ready to kill him. He broke two of them down like they were tr
THROWN OUT
Margaret grabbed her arm. “No,” she said fast. “No, that can’t be true.”Yvonne pulled free. Her eyes snapped back to Andres, and rage poured into her like fire finding oxygen. “You,” she said, almost choking on the word. “You let me believe it. You watched me believe it.”Andres lifted his hands. “I didn’t want—”Yvonne moved before he could finish.Her palm landed across his face with a sharp sound that made several guards stiffen. Andres’s head turned slightly from the force, and for a brief moment, the tough uniform didn’t matter. He looked like a man who had been reminded of his place in someone else’s anger.Yvonne’s voice shook, but it was loud. “You filthy liar,” she said. “Do you know what you’ve done to me?”Margaret gasped. “Yvonne—”Yvonne didn’t hear her. She stepped in again, fists coming up. “You used me!” she screamed. “You let me open my body and my future to a lie!”Andres backed one step, then another, blocking her fists with his forearms. He didn’t strike back. He
DECOY
Andres stopped mid-step.His eyes flicked toward Yvonne, fast and careful, like a man who had just heard a dangerous name. His face stayed controlled, but the pause betrayed him. He knew her.Joaquin turned slowly, his gaze moving from Yvonne to Andres, then back. “You know him?” Joaquin asked, calm but alert.Margaret’s smile faded. “Yvonne,” she said, confused now. “Why are you calling a guard ‘Andres’?”Yvonne couldn’t answer.She stared at the gun on Andres’s hip, at the uniform on his chest, at the estate behind him that swallowed sound and truth. Her hand stayed on her stomach, but the pride she carried a minute ago began to crack.Because if Andres was standing here as security…Then who, exactly, had she spent that night with?Yvonne didn’t look at her mother. Her eyes stayed locked on Andres. “Don’t play games with me,” she said. “That night, you were announced. You stood before the elites. You were celebrated like a king.”Andres swallowed. His gaze flicked to Joaquin for a
THE WRONG MAN
“Mom, I saw Ethan,” Yvonne said, her tone tight. “In a Bugatti.”“And?” Margaret snapped, as if the word meant nothing. “Cars don’t prove anything. Maybe he’s a driver. Maybe he’s taking it to a mechanic. Maybe he’s cleaning it. You want to let one random sight ruin what you came for?”Yvonne’s jaw clenched. “He didn’t move like a driver.”Margaret scoffed. “He moved like a man acting important because he knows you’re here. That’s what losers do when they’re desperate. Your prize is inside this mansion, not on that road.”Yvonne forced her shoulders back. She stared at the high walls, the cameras, the calm discipline of the estate. Everything here felt expensive and controlled. It didn’t feel like a place that hired “losers” to touch luxury.Margaret touched her arm. “Focus,” she said. “You are carrying a child. That child is your key. Don’t throw away your future because you saw your past driving a fancy car.”Yvonne swallowed. “Fine,” she said, more to herself than her mother. “I’m
THE ILLUSION SLIPS
“No,” Yvonne said instantly. “We’re going straight to the Xavier mansion.”Margaret blinked. “Right now?”“I can’t wait,” Yvonne replied, voice full of hunger. “I want to tell him while that faithful night is still fresh in his mind.” She turned toward her mother. “And I want the staff to see me. I want the guards to remember my face.”Margaret’s smile returned. “You want to plant yourself into the house,” she said, approving.“Exactly,” Yvonne replied. “A woman doesn’t beg her way into a dynasty. She enters like she belongs.”The drive took about thirty minutes, and the city slowly changed from noisy streets to clean, guarded roads.Yvonne watched the gates rise ahead like a challenge built for ordinary people. High walls, cameras, silent men with weapons, and a calm that felt expensive. Even the air looked controlled.The SUV slowed at the entrance, and a guard stepped forward with a tablet in his hand. His face was blank, professional. “State your reason for visiting,” he said.Yvo
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