The King Of War Returns

Chapter 718

The doors swung open one by one.

A tall, broad-shouldered man in combat boots stepped out first, his cold gaze sweeping over the crumbling estate. His aura alone was enough to make the few remaining guards stiffen and swallow hard.

Behind him, over a dozen men in tactical gear followed, each exuding the quiet menace of seasoned killers.

The man leading them was none other than Zander Ortega—George Ortega’s illegitimate son.

Years ago, George had tried more than once to officially bring him into the family and register him as an Ortega. But the wound of abandonment never healed. Zander’s mother had been ignored and discarded, left to die in poverty, and the boy never forgave his father for it.

So when George came calling—pleading, bribing, begging—Zander refused every time.

He didn’t need the Ortega name. He would build one of his own.

Growing up in the gutters of Ironvale’s slums, he’d learned to fight before he learned to read. Every scar on his knuckles was a memory of a street batt