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Darkness.Heavy.Suffocating.Then—A faint sound.Beep… beep… beep…Sophia’s fingers twitched.Her eyes slowly fluttered open.Blurred lights greeted her first—white, harsh, unfamiliar. Her head throbbed, her body felt heavy… like it didn’t belong to her.“…Ugh…”She tried to move—But couldn’t.Her eyes snapped fully open.Her wrists.Her ankles.Strapped.Cold metal restraints held her firmly against a narrow bed.Panic surged instantly.“W-What…?”Her breathing quickened as she struggled, but the restraints didn’t budge.The room around her came into focus.Sterile.Cold.Almost like a laboratory.Machines lined the walls. Glass containers filled with strange, glowing substances. Tubes. Instruments. Shadows flickering under dim lights.Fear crept into her chest.“Carl…” she whispered weakly.Then—Footsteps.Slow.Calm.Deliberate.Sophia’s head snapped toward the sound.A woman stepped into view.Elegant.Composed.Dressed in a pristine white coat.Her long dark hair fell smoothl
Chapter 280
The air inside the warehouse turned suffocating.Heat coiled around Carl like a living thing, the ground beneath his feet cracked, and the faint glow in his eyes deepened into something far more dangerous.Kael Virex straightened from the railing above, his calm smile never quite leaving—but his eyes… his eyes were sharp now.Interested.“So,” Kael murmured, stepping forward. “That’s the reaction I was waiting for.”Carl didn’t answer.He moved.In an instant, he shot upward—leaping toward the metal walkway with explosive force.BOOM.The railing bent under the impact as Carl’s fist came crashing down—But Kael wasn’t there.A blur.A shift.Carl’s strike shattered steel.Kael reappeared a few steps away, hands casually behind his back.“Fast,” he commented lightly.Carl turned, his gaze locked onto him.“Where is she?”Kael tilted his head. “Still alive.”A pause.“For now.”Carl vanished again.This time—faster.More precise.His fist cut through the air toward Kael’s chest—But Kae
Chapter 279
Carl still went to the warehouse.Even after everything Rex had said.Even knowing it was a trap.Because sometimes…The only way forward—Was straight through the fire.—Sector 9 Warehouse stood like a corpse at the edge of the docks.Silent.Waiting.Sophia glanced at Carl as they approached. “I thought you said it was a trap.”Carl didn’t slow down.“It is.”“Then why are we here?”Carl’s eyes darkened.“Because traps only work if you’re afraid to step into them.”Sophia fell quiet.There was something different in his voice now.Something colder.More dangerous.—The moment they stepped inside—The doors slammed shut behind them.Bang.Sophia flinched. “Carl—”Lights flickered on.One by one.Revealing the truth.Figures.Dozens of them.Standing in the shadows.Watching.Waiting.Sophia’s breath caught. “Oh my God…”Dragon Vessels.Not just a few.Not ten.Dozens.All marked.All staring at Carl like predators.Or prey.Carl stepped forward.Slow.Unbothered.“…So this is where
Chapter 278
The night deepened as Carl and Sophia made their way toward the docks.Sector 9.The name alone carried weight.Rusting containers. Flickering lights. The distant sound of waves crashing against metal and stone. It was the kind of place where deals were made… and people disappeared.Sophia wrapped her arms around herself, glancing around uneasily. “This place gives me a bad feeling.”Carl didn’t respond.His senses were sharper now—alert, focused.Watching.Then—He stopped.Sophia followed his gaze.Behind them.Footsteps.Slow. Deliberate.Not hiding.Carl turned.The same man from earlier—the one who had spoken—was standing there again.Bruised. Shaken.But still standing.“…You followed us,” Carl said flatly.The man let out a dry laugh. “Didn’t have much of a choice.”Carl’s eyes narrowed slightly. “Explain.”The man raised his hands, not in surrender—but in something closer to exhaustion.“You asked where Duane Cruz is,” he said. “I told you the location. But that’s not the whol
Chapter 277
The road to the Clove Region stretched long and quiet, the kind of silence that made every thought louder than it should be.Carl sat in the passenger seat, eyes fixed ahead, unreadable.Beside him, Sophia tightened her grip on the steering wheel.Neither of them had spoken much since they left Velmora.But the tension between them wasn’t empty.It was heavy—filled with grief, anger… and something neither of them dared to name.“Clove Region is different,” Sophia finally said, breaking the silence. “Business is booming there. Fast. Too fast.”Carl didn’t look at her. “That’s how you know something’s wrong.”Sophia exhaled. “Duane Cruz…”Carl’s jaw tightened slightly.“We won’t find him easily,” he said. “People like him don’t show themselves unless they want to.”“Then where do we start?”Carl’s eyes flickered.“With the people who work for him.”—By the time they reached the city proper, the sun had already begun to set.Clove Region was alive.Bright lights. Towering buildings. Exp
Chapter 276
Carl wasted no time.He immediately began investigating what had happened to Sophia’s father.He couldn’t afford to make a mistake.This had the signature of the Black Viper Society all over it. And Carl knew this wasn’t just retaliation for disrupting their operations.No.This was bigger than that.More calculated.More personal.Deep down, he was certain—His father had a hand in this.But as the investigation went deeper, something unexpected surfaced.—The mansion doors opened in a rush as Carmela hurried inside, her face tense.Sophia and Carl were in the study room, going over everything they had gathered so far.“Sophia… I just remembered something,” Carmela said, slightly out of breath.She walked straight to her daughter and sat beside her.“What is it, Mom?” Sophia asked, her voice still heavy from grief.Carmela hesitated for a moment before speaking.“Your father… you remember he had debts with the Light before, right?”Sophia nodded slowly.“He told me once… that it was
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