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CHEAP 165: Promise
Henry stood watching the symbol of the empire his father had built and he had inherited, and now a fortress besieged from within.He took a slow breath, eyes narrowing as he thought of his siblings.Victory and Davis.Both vultures, circling what they believed to be a dying beast. Victory, with his backroom deals and smug superiority, and Davis, with his perpetual pretense of loyalty while plotting to dethrone him. Henry had been in this game long enough to recognize betrayal before it came. They believed they were clever, but he knew every move they were making.Reports from his private reporting confirmed as much. Davis was courting Enterprises, dangling subsidiaries,while Victory had been rallying minor shareholders under the pretense of “family unity.” Fools. They thought him blind because he had played the benevolent elder brother for decades, quietly running the empire, never raising his voice, never showing his claws.But if there was one thing his father had taught him, it was
CHAPTER 164: Frantic Search
The night air around Kand was unusually still, as though the city itself held its breath in mourning. Bryan stood at the edge of the riverbank where Ven’s burned-out car had been dragged from the water earlier that day. Daniella crouched beside him, her fingers brushing over the scorched ground as if searching for a ghost. She had barely spoken since they arrived. Her usually sharp, commanding voice was now taut with suppressed emotion.“There’s nothing here,” she muttered finally, rising to her feet. Her hands were dirty, her expression pale but determined. “No footprints, no tire marks leading away. Nothing but what they want us to see.”Bryan didn’t look up from the small scanner in his hand. He had been combing the area for traces,residual signals from nearby devices, anything that might suggest a camera, a phone, a drone. The display blinked empty.“They scrubbed this place clean,” Bryan said flatly. “Professionally. Whoever did this knew what they were doing. No amateur hit squ
CHAPTER 163: Triumph
The morning broke over with a sense of electric anticipation. The city’s usual bustle was overlaid with a buzz of breaking news, the kind of headline that commanded instant attention across every network, every screen, every whisper in every corridor of power.“Prominent Business Figure Declared Dead in Fiery Crash, Identity Confirmed as ‘Ven,’ Recently Revealed Blood of the Late Brown Chairman.”Broadcasts rolled on a constant loop.Footage of the charred wreckage pulled from the riverbank was shown side by side with images of Ven’s face, taken from his recent television interview. News anchors spoke with the practiced solemnity reserved for stories that captured the public’s fascination.“Authorities confirmed this morning that the body of the man known publicly as ‘Ven,’ who recently made headlines claiming to be the lost son of Alex Brown, has been recovered near the river east of Kand City,” intoned one reporter. “Investigators state preliminary evidence indicates he perished in
CHAPTER 162: Gone
The moment the silent alarm triggered, Bryan had already been on the move. The emergency alert from Ven was brief, precise, and unsettling. He need no one to tell him that he was in danger,it was the alert for danger.It took less than thirty minutes to reach the coordinates, but to Bryan, those thirty minutes felt like an eternity stretching across a void. He was terrified and managed to swallow his panic while hoping that nothing bad had happened.When they arrived, his breath caught at the scene in front of him. He cursed under his breath for not following him out that morning. He looked happy leaving the house since he was meeting Elisa who had been on his mind lately.The road ahead was swallowed by fire,Ven’s car, or what was left of it, sat in a mangled heap on the narrow roadside, flames clawing at the night sky. The heat forced Bryan to halt several meters back.For a second, he stood frozen, unable to comprehend what he was seeing. Then instinct took over.“Get the extinguis
CHAPTER 161: Assassination
The city lights blurred past as Ven’s vehicle glided through the late evening traffic. It was one of those nights where the air felt wrong, despite the hum of life around him. Elisa had called earlier, her voice calm yet trembling slightly, requesting to meet him. She wanted to talk. About what, he wasn’t sure, but the tone in her voice had suggested something final, something she couldn’t delay anymore. He too wanted to see her as he had missed her greatly. Even if he didn't show it,the news that she divorced gave him the option that he still has an opportunity if he survive the Empire's war, but will still like to take things slowly. He checked the rearview mirror again after noticing a strange thing his eyes captured earlier.Two cars back, the same silver SUV. It had been behind him since he left his apartment.Ven’s jaw tightened. Coincidence? He doubted it. He had lived too long in the shadows to ignore the feeling in his gut. Having encountered different life situations,it w
CHAPTER 160: Eliminate him
The room was dark, as it always was during their meetings. Heavy curtains blocked signifying darkness, and the only illumination came from a single lamp in the center of the long, polished table. Around it sat three figures, their faces obscured in the dimness, their voices carefully modulated to maintain anonymity.The silence hung for a moment, oppressive and heavy, before one of them spoke, a low, voice edged with frustration."Things are spiraling."The second figure, whose tone carried a cold, calculated precision, responded without hesitation. "Spiraling? More like crumbling. The court verdict should have buried him, but instead, it legitimized him. Ven is now officially a Brown, with every legal right to challenge us."The third figure, the one who had always been the most cautious, tapped a gloved finger on the table. “Do not forget the offshore accounts. Two billion siphoned from under their noses. We had our hooks deep in that money flow. Now, gone. Someone inside is dismant
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