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When Carl arrived in Velmora, he made sure to drop Sophia off at her place first. He didn’t linger, didn’t explain—he simply made sure she was safe.Then he left.Sparrow Mountain was calling him.It was the only place where answers might finally start making sense.The moment he arrived, Ana rushed to meet him, her expression tense and unusually troubled.“Carl! At last, you’re back!” she said, but there was no relief in her voice—only urgency.Carl immediately noticed.“What’s wrong?” he asked, his tone sharpening. “Is Master Aiden okay?”Without waiting for an answer, he strode inside the house, heading straight for the room.When he saw Master Aiden lying on the bed, breathing steadily, his body finally relaxed—just a little.He was still asleep.Still alive.Still holding on.“It’s not Father, Carl,” Ana said from behind him, her voice quieter now. “But… you need to see this.”Carl turned to her, his brows knitting together.Ana stepped out of the room, and he followed without he
Chapter 270
When Carl regained consciousness, he found himself in a hospital room.The sterile scent of antiseptic filled the air, the steady beeping of machines echoing faintly in the background. Everything felt too bright… too real.And yet, part of him still wondered if this was just another illusion.Beside him sat Sophia, her face pale with worry, her eyes rimmed with exhaustion as if she hadn’t slept at all.“Carl!” she exclaimed the moment his eyes opened. She leaned closer, her voice trembling. “How are you? Are you in pain? What happened to you back there?”Carl frowned, disoriented, his gaze sweeping across the unfamiliar room.“Where am I?” he asked hoarsely.“You’re in the hospital,” Sophia answered quickly.“How did I get here?” His voice sharpened. “Where is he?”Sophia blinked, confusion flashing across her face.“Who?” she asked. “They found you unconscious in a room. We brought you here right away—you had bruises all over your body.” She hesitated, searching his face. “Carl… what
Chapter 269
Carl stared at the man standing before him.He had just called him son.But why?Wasn’t he supposed to be dead?That was what Johnson had told him.Or was that another lie—another carefully planted illusion to keep him in the dark?Carl’s hands curled into tight fists, his knuckles whitening with restrained anger.“I swear… if you’re trying to fool me—”The man laughed, low and unbothered. “Do I look like I’m fooling you, son? Here. Take a closer look.”He rolled up his sleeve, revealing his right arm.Carl’s breath hitched.There, etched into the man’s skin, was the unmistakable mark of a dragon.The same mark burned into his own flesh.Carl instinctively took a step back, disbelief flashing across his face.“Y-You mean…”The man nodded once, calm and certain. “Yes. I’m your father. Jackson Young.”Carl blinked repeatedly, as if trying to force the world back into something that made sense.Young.That was his real surname.Not Donovan.Jackson smirked, reading the storm behind Carl’
Chapter 268
The night swallowed them the moment they stepped out of the bar.No sirens.No guards.No royal escorts.Just silence—and the kind of darkness that felt like it was watching.Carl moved first.“Vehicle,” he said shortly.One of Johnson’s men tossed him a set of keys without a word. Parked just across the street was a matte-black SUV—unmarked, untraceable.Perfect.“Get in,” Carl ordered.Sophia and Jessa didn’t argue this time. The tension in the air was too thick for questions.Within seconds, the engine roared to life.—The road to Astrandale was long.Too long.No one spoke for the first thirty minutes.Only the sound of the engine… and the quiet hum of something waiting ahead.Sophia finally broke the silence.“So… let me get this straight,” she said, arms crossed tightly. “We’re heading into a secret military facility that erases people… because someone wants you there?”Carl kept his eyes on the road.“That’s one way to put it.”“That’s the worst way to put it,” Jessa muttered
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Carl prepared himself without hesitation.If he was truly what those people wanted—then he would be the one to hunt them down.No more running.No more unanswered questions.This time… he would face everything head-on.“Are you sure about this?” Johnson asked again—the same man Carl had been speaking with all this time.Carl didn’t even pause to think.“I’ve been through countless battles,” he said firmly. “I won’t back down from something like this.”His eyes darkened.“I lost my family because of them. I won’t allow them to walk free after what they did to us.”Johnson smiled faintly.There was pride in his eyes—something he didn’t even try to hide.If he hadn’t managed to save Carl that night…Then this man standing before him now would have died alongside his parents.But fate had chosen otherwise.And now, Carl had become someone far greater than anyone could have expected.“Alright then,” Johnson said. “You should have this.”He reached into his coat and handed Carl a small box
Chapter 266
Carl didn’t move.For a moment, it felt like the entire world had gone silent—like everything around him had been stripped away, leaving only those words echoing in his mind.The key… is hanging around your neck.His hand instinctively went to the necklace.His fingers curled tightly around it.“This?” he said, his voice low and dangerous. “You’re telling me… this thing is the reason my parents were killed?”The older man didn’t hesitate.“Yes.”The answer came too easily. Too firmly.Carl’s jaw tightened.“And you expect me to just believe that?”The man sighed, as if he had anticipated that reaction.“I don’t expect you to believe me,” he said. “I expect you to think.”Carl’s eyes narrowed.“Think about everything that’s happened so far,” the man continued. “You were abandoned as a child. No records. No identity tied to your past. And yet…”He gestured toward Carl.“You ended up in the military. Rose through the ranks faster than anyone. Became someone people either admired… or fear
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