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Chapter 257
Jackie Basco and his crew were still visibly shaken even after the last of the special forces disappeared down the road. The dust hadn’t even fully settled, and the tension still clung to the air like smoke after an explosion.Selena leaned in toward Jaden Rift, her voice low, almost wary.“Jaden, you mind telling me why the hell a full unit of elite operators showed up like it was a warzone? You don’t deploy that kind of firepower just to cuff Silas Moreau.”Jaden chuckled casually. He blinked slowly, then gave her that relaxed, unreadable smile that pissed off his enemies and unsettled his allies.“I told you before. I used to be in the military.” He shrugged casually. “My old chief just happened to be in Ironvale for an anti-terror drill. Silas picked the wrong city, wrong day.”Selena narrowed her eyes. “That’s convenient.”Before Jaden could respond, Jackie Basco chimed in, clearly still trying to make sense of what he’d just seen.“But the officer in charge—the guy with three st
Chapter 256
He answered the call and hit speaker. A voice blasted through the silence, cold and razor-sharp, slicing the tension like a guillotine."In '03, Silas Moreau gambled at a private table in Wind City. He lost big. Thought the investor Ben Canan rigged the deck, so he hired a hitman. Canan was found dead in his hotel room a week later. Gunshot to the head. Execution style."A ripple of shock ran through the onlookers.The voice didn’t pause."In the same year, Silas Moreau fled to Ironvale City. Built a gang from the local scum, paid them in drugs and blood money. He personally stabbed nine men to death during a turf war. Nine bodies. One night."Silas's eyes bulged, mouth opening in wordless horror.His face turned the color of ash. Sweat rolled down his temples like rainwater sliding off glass."In '05, a merchant bribed him to eliminate the family of Cornelius Waft—a foreign businessman looking to expand into Ironvale. Silas set their home on fire. The wife, two kids, and the housekee
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Jaden Rift’s lips curved into a cold, knowing smirk as he took a step closer to Silas Moreau, who was still trembling on his knees. His voice was low, deliberate, but loud enough for everyone to hear."Let me guess," Jaden said, his gaze like a blade, "you’re already plotting your comeback. A few years in jail for 'disrupting public order,' then you slither your way out and go after my family. Am I close?"Silas’s head jerked up. His eyes flashed with panic, but he tried to mask it. "I… I wouldn’t dare," he stammered, his voice cracking under the weight of Jaden’s presence.Jaden leaned in slightly, eyes narrowing."Doesn’t matter if you admit it or not," he said, voice now like steel wrapped in ice. "You’ll never get the chance."A visible shiver ran through Silas’s body. His bravado cracked. He glanced around, desperately looking for an out, for someone—anyone—to save him. Then, like a man drowning, he latched onto an idea."You can't do this to me in front of everyone!" Silas sudde
Chapter 254
Not only were Silas Moreau and his gang frozen stiff, even Selena Verrick and the rest of the Rift Corporation staff were stuck in stunned silence.Their mouths hung open, eyes wide as they processed the sheer weight of what they’d just witnessed. The same Jaden Rift who'd shown up looking like just another corporate enforcer had just summoned an entire elite unit like it was child’s play.Jackie Basco and his crew, still covered in dust and grease from the warehouse floors, stared at Jaden like they were looking at a ghost from a war story. One of the men muttered, “What the hell kind of past does this guy have?”No one answered. Selena Verrick’s fingers clenched unconsciously at her sides. The memory of the rescue mission that had brought her daughter back flashed in her mind. Jaden had been calm under pressure, cold when he had to be, deadly when it counted.Now this?Her mind raced. The old chief. It had to be him. Jaden must still have the old man’s loyalty, even after all these
Chapter 253
Silas Moreau raised his right hand, and like trained dogs, the roaring crowd of thugs fell into dead silence.He turned back around slowly, his eyes locking on Jaden Rift. His lips twisted into a grin that oozed menace. "You want to fight?" His voice was low, but it cut like a blade through the heavy air.Jaden didn’t show any signs of fear. He met that grin with one of his own—smaller, calmer, colder. “You sure?”There was something in Jaden’s tone that made a few of the younger goons in the crowd shift uncomfortably. It wasn’t cocky. It wasn’t desperate. It was surgical. Clean. Like he already knew how this was going to end.Silas was just about to fire off something snide when—WEE-OOO—WEE-OOO!Sirens screamed in the distance. Getting louder. Fast.Dozens of heads turned, eyes wide and alert. Within seconds, a fleet of armored vehicles tore through the street, kicking up dust and roaring like hellhounds. Steel-gray, fully loaded anti-hijacking units. Markings: Crimson Unit Special
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Ortega Moreau lowered his head in shame, his mouth sealed shut. The weight of Silas Moreau’s silence was heavier than any insult.Silas stood still for a beat, surveying the chaos. Five hundred gangsters surrounded him like a wall of flesh and steel. The air stank of sweat, blood, and cigarette smoke. Men clutching knives, chains, bats, and iron bars stood shoulder to shoulder, roaring like they were already halfway into a war.In the eye of the storm stood Jaden Rift, Selena Verrick, and the Rift Corporation crew. A few of their men were on the ground, beaten to a pulp—groaning, bloodied, barely conscious.Then came the limping.Behemoth dragged his hulking frame toward Silas, his face twisted in pain. His right leg was swollen and crooked, dragging behind him like dead weight. He dropped to one knee beside his leader, gripping his thigh and wincing through clenched teeth.“Big Brother Silas…” he grunted, his breath ragged. “You’re finally here. That guy—him!” He pointed a trembling
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