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Chapter 44: Victory and Escape
"Jacob!" Anna's scream cut through the ringing in Jacob's ears as consciousness flickered back.He opened his eyes to find Anna kneeling beside him, her hands pressed against his bleeding shoulder trying to stem the flow. Emily's chair had been knocked over during the fight, and the girl was crying but appeared physically unharmed."Stay awake," Anna commanded, her voice shaking. "You are not allowed to die after everything we just went through. Do you hear me?"Jacob tried to speak but only managed a weak cough. His vision swam as he looked past Anna to where The Butcher lay motionless. The armored giant's chest still rose and fell shallowly—alive but defeated."Carl!" Anna shouted toward the doorway. "We need medical assistance now!"Footsteps thundered as Carl's team rushed back into the room. One soldier immediately began working on Jacob's wounds while two others moved to free Emily from her restraints."Uncle Jacob saved me," Emily sobbed as they cut through the ropes. Despite b
Chapter 43: The Enforcer
The Butcher stood motionless behind Emily's chair, the massive sword resting casually on his armored shoulder. Emily's tear-streaked face turned toward Anna, hope and terror warring in her young eyes."Anna!" Emily tried to stand but restraints held her firmly to the chair. "Please help me! I want to go home!""It is okay, sweetheart," Anna said, keeping her voice calm despite the fear clawing at her chest. "We are going to get you out of here.""No," The Butcher's distorted voice rumbled through his helmet. "You are not. The child stays until Dark Blade proves he is worthy of facing Marcus Nico. Until then, she is leverage."Jacob stepped forward slowly, his body language shifting into combat readiness despite his exhaustion from the battle upstairs. "Your fight is with me. Let the girl go and I will give you what you want.""What I want is to test myself against the legendary warrior who has never been defeated," The Butcher replied. He gestured with his sword toward the open space
Chapter 42: Full Power Unleashed
The warehouse lights blazed to life with blinding intensity. Jacob shielded his eyes reflexively as the empty factory floor transformed into a killing zone filled with armed men emerging from concealment.Not twenty-five. Not thirty. Fifty soldiers, all in tactical gear, all with weapons trained on Jacob's position. They had walked directly into Marcus Nico's carefully prepared ambush."Welcome, Jacob Krigg!" Marcus's voice boomed through speakers mounted throughout the factory. "Did you really think I would make this easy? That I would leave openings in my defenses for you to exploit?"Jacob's mind raced through tactical options. Carl's team was pinned down at the north entrance by heavy fire. Roseline's position had been compromised—he could hear explosions as Marcus's forces targeted her rooftop. And he was standing in the open with Anna beside him, surrounded by fifty trained killers."Everyone down!" Jacob shouted into his radio. "Defensive positions! Do not engage unless you hav
Chapter 41:Alliance
Jacob looked at Anna's determined face and felt something shift inside him. She had every reason to stay away, to let him handle this alone as she had demanded. Yet here she was, refusing to let him face danger without her."If you come, you follow my orders exactly," Jacob said firmly. "No improvisation, no heroics, no deviating from the plan. One mistake in this situation gets people killed.""I understand," Anna agreed immediately.Jacob turned to Leo. "Contact the Tate family. Tell them we need to meet within the hour. If we are doing this, we need every resource available.""The Tates?" Carl questioned. "Sir, Ben Tate betrayed us to Keaton. How can we trust—""We cannot," Jacob interrupted. "But Emily is their blood. They will cooperate to save her even if they would prefer to see me dead. Sometimes shared goals matter more than trust."Within ninety minutes, the entire Tate family leadership had assembled at Ben's estate. Elizabeth, Kelvin, Marcus Tate, and several other relativ
Chapter 40: Leverage
Anna arrived at Jacob's safe house within thirty minutes of seeing the ransom demand. She had not called ahead, had not asked permission, had simply told her grandfather's driver to take her there immediately.The building's security recognized her and let her through without question. She took the stairs two at a time, her heart pounding with a mixture of fear for Emily and desperate need to see Jacob.She found him in the main room, surrounded by tactical equipment spread across a large table. Leo stood beside him reviewing building schematics on a laptop. Carl was checking weapons with the methodical efficiency of a career soldier. Roseline sat in a chair with her injured leg elevated, speaking rapidly into a phone in a language Anna did not recognize.Jacob looked up when Anna entered, surprise and concern flashing across his face. "Anna, you should not be here. I told you to stay at your grandfather's—""They took Emily," Anna interrupted, her voice shaking. "They took a twelve-y
Chapter 39: Understanding Grows
Anna spent the rest of the day in her grandfather's study, using his computer to search for information about the Dark Blade. Roseline's visit had planted seeds of doubt about the narrative Henry Keaton had fed her, and Anna needed to find the truth for herself.The first search results were military records—heavily redacted but containing enough information to establish a timeline. Jacob had joined the Himulan Sect at age twelve, trained for five years, then began active service at seventeen. His rise through the ranks was unprecedented.Anna found news articles from international sources that painted a very different picture from what Henry had shown her. The headlines told stories of heroism rather than mindless violence:"Mysterious General Saves Refugee Camp from Massacre""Dark Blade Prevents Biological Weapon Attack on Civilian Population""Legendary Warrior Rescues Forty-Eight Kidnapped Women"Each article described missions where Jacob had accomplished the impossible, usually
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