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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
Chapter 267
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
Chapter 265
“Sophia!”Carl rushed forward the moment he saw her.Relief crashed through him like a wave after hours of suffocating worry. He closed the distance between them in seconds, reaching out as if to pull her into his arms—But before he could touch her—Smack!The sharp sound echoed across the bar.Carl staggered back slightly, stunned.He stared at Sophia in confusion, his cheek still burning from the slap.“Why did you slap me?” he asked, genuinely bewildered. “Are you still mad at me?”Sophia’s fists trembled at her sides. Tears gathered in her eyes as she looked at him. For a second, Carl thought she might slap him again.Instead—She suddenly threw herself into his arms.“What took you so long?!” she cried, clutching him tightly. “I was so scared!”Carl blinked in surprise, but his expression softened immediately.He gently patted her back, holding her close.“I’m sorry,” he murmured. “I’m here now.”His voice turned serious.“Tell me… what did they do to you?”Sophia sniffled and s
Chapter 264
Carl didn’t speak right away. He stared at the man in front of him, studying every line of his face, every movement of his eyes. In his entire life, this was the first time he had met someone who knew something about the necklace he carried. All these years, that small piece of metal had been nothing more than a mystery to him. A question he could never answer. Sometimes he wondered if it was connected to his past. Sometimes he wondered if it was the only clue that could one day lead him to his real family. But no matter how much he searched… he had never found anyone who recognized it. Until now. “Who are you?” Carl finally asked, his voice low but steady. His eyes narrowed slightly. “Are you my…?” The man suddenly chuckled. “What? Do you think I’m your father?” Carl fell silent. A strange wave of nervousness rushed through him. The idea of having a father— A real father. It was something he had never truly imagined before. And now that the possibil
Chapter 263
Carl never made it to the airport.Instead of leaving Brightskia, he stayed.But he no longer returned to the palace.For the time being, Carl checked into a hotel and waited for news from Red. At the same time, he began conducting his own investigation. Waiting around had never been his style.If someone had taken Sophia, he would find them—no matter what it took.His first stop was the car Sophia and Jessa had been riding in before the kidnapping. The vehicle had already been recovered and taken to a secure location.Carl carefully examined every inch of it.He had seen countless crime scenes before, and experience had taught him that the smallest detail could reveal the biggest truth.That was when something caught his eye.A sigil.Carl frowned immediately.It was carved faintly near the edge of the door—so subtle that most people wouldn’t even notice it unless they were specifically looking for it.But Carl noticed.And it didn’t belong to the society’s symbol he was familiar wit
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