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Chapter One Hundred and Forty
Author: D. Storyteller
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Elias had been expecting a fallout, but nothing prepared him for the tension that settled in the air after his confrontation with Mara.

He knew she wouldn’t back down easily. Mara never did. She was methodical, calculating, and always a few steps ahead. But Elias wasn’t going to let her dictate his every move anymore. The conversation had made that much clear—he had drawn a line, and he wasn’t crossing it.

But as the days passed and the project continued, Elias realized just how far Mara’s reach extended. He began noticing subtle shifts, changes in the behavior of the people around him. Small whispers, moments of hesitation when certain names came up in meetings. A few colleagues had begun to avoid eye contact when they passed by his office, as if they were trying to remain neutral in a battle they weren’t ready to fight.

The worst part was that Elias didn’t know if it was Mara pulling the strings or if it was his own insecurities making him paranoid. But one thing was becoming incre
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  • Chapter One Hundred and Forty Six

    Elias’s pulse quickened as he sat in the quiet office, his eyes locked onto the files spread out before him. He hadn’t expected the conversation with Daniel to go as smoothly as it had. But now that they had an understanding, Elias knew the real test was coming. Daniel might have agreed to join him, but the trust between them was fragile, built on the thinnest of threads. He would need to be careful. Too many years of betrayal had shaped him into someone who couldn’t afford to let his guard down.The phone on his desk buzzed, pulling him from his thoughts. Elias glanced at the screen, his heart skipping a beat when he saw the name.**Lana.**He answered immediately. “What’s the news?”“I’ve been digging, Elias,” Lana said, her voice sharp with urgency. “And I found something else. Something you need to know.”Elias stiffened. “What is it?”“There’s a connection between Mara and the board members of your company. A deeper one than we originally thought. It’s not just about your past;

  • Chapter One Hundred and Forty Five

    The following days passed in a blur. Elias couldn’t shake the image of Mara’s smile—the cold, calculating smile that spoke volumes of the power she wielded. But every time it threatened to overwhelm him, he focused on the one thing he had learned through all the years of his struggle: control.Mara had the advantage for now, but not for long. He refused to let her dictate the terms of his life, not again.Lana had been instrumental in the search, pulling together every scrap of information she could find, piecing together Mara’s movements, her alliances, and—most importantly—her threats. Elias knew he couldn’t take her down by force alone. No, this required precision. And it had to be personal. He needed leverage of his own, something stronger than whatever Mara had dug up.The more Elias thought about it, the clearer the solution became. He couldn’t simply fight her off like an enemy. He had to dismantle her influence, piece by piece, starting with the foundation of her power—those w

  • Chapter one hundred and forty four

    Mara had never been one to play fair, and Elias knew, deep down, that whatever she had on him, whatever this new threat was, would be nothing short of devastating. His past—a past he had worked so tirelessly to bury—was being dragged to the surface, ready to be used against him in ways he couldn’t yet understand.He stood in the middle of his apartment, his mind spinning as he processed what Lana had told him. She was digging, trying to uncover the secrets Mara had uncovered, but what was the point of digging if the past was already out there, threatening to ruin everything he had built?“Not this time,” he whispered to himself, his voice a quiet promise. But even he wasn’t sure if he believed it.The phone in his hand felt too heavy. He tossed it onto the couch and walked over to the window, his gaze lost in the city below. The lights from the streetlamps flickered, casting long shadows across the buildings. The noise of the city—the hum of life, of cars passing by, of voices filteri

  • Chapter One Hundred and Forty three

    Elias stood there, still gripping Mara’s arms, his chest heaving as the words he’d long wanted to say finally left his mouth. He had always been at her mercy, always been the one who bent and twisted, trying to placate her, trying to keep her out of his life. Mara glared at him, her expression hard, yet something flickered behind her eyes. Was it surprise? Was she actually taken aback by his defiance? For a brief moment, Elias thought he saw a crack in her carefully constructed façade, but it quickly vanished.“You think this changes anything?” she asked, her voice a low, venomous hiss. “You can’t stop me, Elias. You never have been able to.”Elias tightened his grip on her arms, his resolve hardening. “Not this time,” he said firmly. “I’m done being your pawn, Mara. Whatever game you’re playing, it ends now.”Mara let out a low chuckle, the sound cold and mocking. “You really think you can end this? You really think you’ve outsmarted me?”Elias didn’t answer, instead tightening his

  • Chapter One Hundred and Forty two

    Elias mind reeling from the admission that Mara was involved in the sabotage. He hadn’t expected this—he hadn’t expected her to have any part in his work, in his life, in his projects at all. After everything that had happened between them, after the wreckage she had left in her wake, the idea that she still held power over him, even indirectly, cut deeper than he was willing to admit.Lana was the first to break the silence, her voice calm but insistent. “We need to be smart about this, Elias. If Mara’s involved, we can’t just rush in. She’s a master at manipulating people, at staying two steps ahead.”Elias snapped out of his thoughts and nodded sharply. “I know. I’m not rushing in. But I’m done sitting around letting her control everything from the shadows.”Lana took a deep breath, her eyes steady on his. “The last thing you want to do is underestimate her. She’s dangerous, Elias. She’s been playing the long game, and we’re just getting started.”Elias ran a hand through his hair,

  • Chapter One Hundred and Forty One

    At dawn, Elias hadn’t slept much the night before, his mind a constant whirl of the conversations he’d had, the decisions he’d made, and the looming uncertainty of what would come next.Grady’s words kept echoing in his head: “You don’t have to carry it all by yourself, Elias. Let others in.”But the problem wasn’t letting people in. It was trusting them not to break him in the process. How many times had he let others get close, only to be burned in the end? Mara had proven that people could be ruthless, and even the ones he trusted most were capable of disappointing him.A knock at the door pulled him from his thoughts, and without looking up, he called out, “Come in.”Lana stepped inside, holding a folder in her hands, her expression unreadable. Elias straightened in his chair, already knowing what was coming.“You look like you didn’t get any sleep,” she said, closing the door behind her.Elias shrugged, his eyes flicking to the papers in her hands. “Too much on my mind.”Lana set

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