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Chapter 279: Verons's Legacy
"President Zhao is requesting a meeting," Leo informed Jacob. "Says it is about Verons Heis's surviving family members."Jacob looked up from the reconstruction reports he was reviewing. "I thought we addressed that issue. They were granted clemency and protection.""Apparently there are complications. Zhao wants to discuss them in person."The meeting was arranged for the following week at the border between Seron and Argo, neutral ground that both leaders could reach easily. Jacob brought Anna and Leo. Zhao arrived with Ambassador Thorne and a nervous-looking social worker."Thank you for coming," Zhao said, gesturing for everyone to sit. "We have a delicate situation regarding Verons's children.""What kind of situation?"The social worker, a middle-aged woman named Holland, spoke up. "After Verons's death, his three children became wards of the state. Two boys aged twelve and fourteen, and a daughter aged eight. We placed them with foster families who had no connection to the form
Chapter 278: Nico Family Aftermath
"You have a visitor," the guard told Marcus Nico, opening his cell door. "Lord Krigg wants to see you."Marcus looked up from the book he was reading, surprised. He had been imprisoned for six months following his conviction for kidnapping, conspiracy, and attempted murder. In that time, no one had visited except his lawyer."Why would Lord Krigg visit me?""Maybe he wants to gloat. Move."Marcus was escorted to a private meeting room where Jacob waited alone. The contrast between them was stark. Jacob looked healthy and confident, dressed in formal Lord's attire. Marcus looked gaunt and tired, prison clothes hanging loose on his diminished frame."Sit," Jacob said.Marcus sat, waiting nervously. Jacob studied him in silence for a long moment."You look different," Jacob finally said."Prison changes people.""Not usually for the better. But you seem genuinely changed, not just pretending for parole."Marcus had no response to that. He had spent six months thinking about his choices,
Chapter 277: Forno Family Resolution
"I found them," Leo announced, entering Jacob's office the morning after the prisoner's warning. "The Forno family remnants."Jacob looked up from his breakfast. "Where?""Port city called Harren, three days journey south. Michael Forno had three nephews we did not know about. They fled there before the trials started.""Are they planning anything?""Not that we can tell. They have been running a shipping business quietly. No contact with Seron, no recruitment of loyalists, just living normal lives under assumed names."Anna set down her tea. "Then why are we concerned about them?""Because the prisoner was right. The Forno family has resources and connections we never fully mapped. These three nephews might be lying low now, but eventually they could become threats."Jacob considered this. "What do you recommend?""We could send agents to eliminate them quietly. Three targets, isolated location, minimal risk of discovery.""Or?""Or we negotiate. Offer them permanent exile in exchang
Chapter 276: Enemy Remnants
"We have located their safe house," Leo reported, pointing to a warehouse district on the map. "Six confirmed members inside, possibly more. They have been storing explosives there for weeks."Jacob studied the tactical layout. "What is our approach?""Fast and quiet. Hit them at dawn when they are least alert. Secure the explosives before they can detonate anything, then sweep the building for intelligence."The raid was scheduled for the morning, two days before Roseline's wedding. Leo assembled his best team, people he had personally trained and trusted with his life. Anna insisted on coming despite Jacob's protests."You are pregnant," he argued."Barely. And I can still fight better than half your soldiers.""That is not the point—""The point is I am Lady of Seron and these people tried to kill me at the treaty signing. I am going."They compromised. Anna would stay with the command team outside the warehouse, ready to provide mystical support if needed but not entering the buil
Chapter 275: Leo's Promotion
"You look miserable," Anna observed, finding Leo in his new office surrounded by stacks of paperwork and looking overwhelmed.Leo glanced up from the security reports he was reviewing. "I am fine.""You are a terrible liar. What is wrong?"He gestured helplessly at the chaos around him. "This. All of this. Being Head of Security for an entire nation is different from being Jacob's personal guard. I have seventeen departments reporting to me, three hundred personnel under my command, and decisions that could get people killed if I make mistakes.""Welcome to leadership.""I am not qualified for this. I am a soldier, not an administrator."Anna sat down across from him, pushing aside a stack of budget proposals. "When I became Lady of Seron, I felt the same way. I was a merchant's granddaughter suddenly running a government. I had no idea what I was doing.""But you figured it out.""With help. Lots of help." She pulled one of the reports closer and scanned it. "Who is your second-in-co
Chapter 274: Roseline's Romance
"I need to tell you something," Roseline said, cornering Jacob in his office a week after the family dinner. "Before you hear it from someone else."Jacob looked up from the security reports he was reviewing. "That sounds ominous.""Not ominous. Just... complicated." Roseline shifted her weight, looking uncharacteristically nervous. "I am getting married."Jacob blinked in surprise. "Married? You?""Why do you say it like that?""Because in ten years I have never seen you show romantic interest in anyone. You once told me that feelings were a liability in our line of work.""I was wrong." Roseline sat down across from him. "Or maybe I just met someone who made me reconsider.""Who is it?""That is the complicated part." Roseline took a breath. "Do you remember General Lin from Argo? The one who defected early in the war and brought three thousand troops over to our side?""I remember. Brilliant tactician. Her defection turned the tide of several battles.""Her. Yes." Roseline emphasiz
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