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Chapter 70: Roseline's Counsel
The safe house was a warzone. Smoke filled the corridors as Jacob moved through the chaos with lethal precision, dropping attackers with efficient brutality. Marcus Nico had sent at least twenty men—professionals equipped with military weapons and tactical gear.But they had made one critical mistake: they had threatened Anna.Jacob fought with a fury that bordered on supernatural, his mystical energy crackling around him like lightning. Every man who got past the outer defenses fell to his blades or his power. Leo covered the west corridor while Jacob secured the path to the bedroom where Anna had been sleeping.He burst through the door to find Anna pressed against the far wall, golden energy shimmering around her hands. Three bodies lay unconscious at her feet—attackers who had breached the room before Jacob arrived."Are you hurt?" Jacob demanded, scanning her for injuries."I am fine," Anna replied, though her voice shook. "They came through the window. I defended myself like you
Chapter 69: The Burden of Truth
Jacob stared at the ceiling of his office, unable to sleep despite the exhaustion weighing down his body. It was three in the morning, and he had been lying on the couch for hours, replaying the same conversation with Leo over and over in his mind."She deserves to know the truth," Leo had said earlier that evening. "All of it. Not just pieces you think are safe to share.""I know," Jacob had replied, though every instinct screamed at him to maintain the deception a little longer.Now, alone in the darkness, Jacob wrestled with the weight of secrets he had been carrying since the day he married Anna. She thought she had married Jacob Spencer, a wealthy businessman with a mysterious past. She did not know she had married a ghost—a dead boy who had spent fifteen years becoming a weapon of vengeance.The door opened quietly, and Leo entered carrying two cups of coffee. "I figured you would still be awake."Jacob accepted the coffee gratefully. "I cannot stop thinking about it. What happe
Chapter 68: Keeping Secrets
Anna woke to find Jacob's side of the bed empty and cold. She checked the clock—four in the morning. This was the third night this week he had disappeared before dawn, and her patience was wearing thin.She pulled on a robe and walked through the safe house, following the sound of quiet voices to Jacob's office. The door was slightly ajar, and she could see him hunched over his desk with Leo, both men staring at documents spread across the surface.Anna started to push the door open, then stopped when she heard her name."We need to increase security around Anna," Jacob was saying. "Double the guards, add more cameras, and I want someone watching her at all times when she leaves the house.""Sir, she is going to notice," Leo replied. "She already complains about the current security measures.""I do not care if she notices. I care that she stays alive."Anna frowned and quietly retreated to their bedroom before they could discover her eavesdropping. Something was wrong. Jacob had been
Chapter 67: Storm Warning
"Anna is the primary target," Ben confirmed, pulling up additional documents on his phone. "But Bishop's plan goes far beyond simple kidnapping. He wants to use her guardian abilities to unlock the full power of all five Krigg artifacts."Jacob's jaw clenched. "The artifacts cannot be activated by just anyone. It requires Krigg bloodline and specific knowledge that died with my family.""That is where you are wrong," Ben said, swiping to another document. "Bishop has been researching the artifacts for fifteen years. He discovered ancient texts that your family kept hidden—documents that explain how the artifacts truly work."He handed the phone to Jacob, who scanned the displayed page with growing horror. The text was written in old Seronian, but Jacob could read it well enough to understand the implications."According to these writings, the five Krigg artifacts were never meant to be used by Kriggs alone," Ben explained. "They were designed as a partnership between two bloodlines—th
Chapter 66: Ben's Confession
Jacob's mystical energy exploded outward in a wave of golden light that shattered every window in the room. Glass rained down like deadly confetti as furniture slid backward from the force. Ben stood his ground, not flinching even as power radiated from Jacob like heat from a furnace."You were there," Jacob said, his voice barely human. "You knew they were going to kill my family, and you did nothing.""Yes," Ben replied simply. There was no excuse in his tone, no attempt to minimize what he had done. Just acknowledgment of terrible truth.Jacob's hands trembled with the effort of containing his rage. Every instinct screamed at him to unleash his full power, to make Ben Tate pay for his cowardice with blood. The old man had sat in meetings where Jacob's father's death was planned like a business transaction."Why?" Jacob demanded. "Why did you do nothing?"Ben walked calmly to the broken window and looked out at the Seron skyline. His back was to Jacob—a position of vulnerability tha
Chapter 65: Private Confrontation
Jacob was reviewing security footage when Leo's voice crackled through the intercom. "Sir, you have a visitor at the front gate. Ben Tate. He is alone and says it is urgent."Jacob glanced at the monitor showing the elderly man standing calmly outside, his hands visible and empty. No security detail, no hidden weapons that the scanners could detect. Just an old man requesting an audience."Let him in," Jacob said. "But keep monitoring. If anyone else approaches within three blocks, alert me immediately."Anna was upstairs resting after an intense training session. Jacob made sure she was settled before heading down to meet his father-in-law's father in the main living area. Whatever Ben wanted to discuss, Jacob suspected Anna did not need to hear it.Ben entered the safe house with the calm dignity of someone who had made difficult decisions and come to terms with their consequences. His eyes swept the room, taking in the reinforced walls, sophisticated security equipment, and subtle
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