Morris ran to the backyard, sweating profusely, but there was no one there, not even Christian.
"Fuck! Where are the Sargent family? Where is my asshole son!" Morris roared loudly in the backyard. "The Sargent family," a maid said in a trembling voice, "they left already." "What?" Both Morris and Teressa exchanged their glances. Teressa frowned at the maid, "what do you mean by they left, how can they leave without meeting my husband?" The maid shook her head as she had a lot to say, "actually they didn't leave by themselves, they left along with young master Chris." "Huh?" Morris's emotions looked unstable as at that moment a mixture of confusion, anger, and frustration filled in him hearing to the words of that maid. While he had waited for hours, expecting to meet them, but all he had received was a message from a maid saying they had already left with Christian, the useless guy in the house. "Why would the Sargent family leave without meeting me? That too why is that bastard taken away by them?" Morris muttered, with a racing mind. He clenched his fist while his thoughts were spiralling, "Did they come here for me? Or… was it for Christian?" The idea of Christian being the reason for their visit seemed ridiculous to him, "yes, a boy like Christian, useless and troublemaker, couldn't have caught the attention of a family as prestigious as the Sargents." He tried to convince himself that there's nothing big in this for him to concentrate about though a lingering doubt pressing in his mind. Just then, Teresa decided to play her role carefully to eliminate Christian forever using this opportunity, "Chris, I've been waiting for this chance for a long time, now I'll teach you a lesson!" Standing beside him, she gently held his arm with her sparkling showing off hidden malice, "I think Chris is the reason behind them leaving without meeting you!" Morris looked at her sharply. "What makes you say that?" Teresa sighed, with a soft tone as if she is concerned about her husband while her thoughts are nothing but full of venom. "Well, isn’t it obvious? Chris must have fooled the Sargent family somehow. He always loves to pretend to be innocent hiding his malicious side, so who knows what kind of lies he used to make them believe in him," leaning closer to Morris, she whispered, "Don’t you think it’s strange they left with him and didn’t even meet you, the master of this house? Don't you suspect anything here?" Morris frowned, but Teressa looked satisfied as she successfully planted the seed of doubt in Morris's head against Christian. Thinking about Terresa's words, he sat in the couch with a loud thud, "so do you think Chris orchestrated this?" "Come on Morris, you're so naive, why isn't it possible? Don't tell me you think of him as an innocent boy," Teresa pressed further, "That boy has always been manipulative from the beginning, he knows how to play the victim card, to make people feel sorry for him. It wouldn’t surprise me if he saw the Sargents as an opportunity and jumped at it, to ruin us and our reputation." Understanding his mother's motive, Ivan also joined the conversation adding fire to his father's anger, "Father, I… I don’t want to speak ill of Chris, but…" "But what?" Morris sighed rubbing his temples in frustration. Ivan lowered his gaze, as if he is reluctant to speak, "Even in the college, brother used to talk ill about our family, because of his lies everyone thinks that we are harassing and abusing him, some of my friends started making fun of me while calling me the son of an abuser, I never thought of mentioning this with you." "That bastard, how dare he do something like that?" Morris gritted his teeth with extreme anger, Ivan nodded his head and continued, "I thought brother did it out of jealousy but never thought he would be this… blackhearted. To deceive such a powerful family and ruin your reputation in the process? It’s hard to believe, but maybe he always has intentions of making us bad, Dad." Morris’s expression darkened after hearing to all these. The mere thought of Christian betraying him, and manipulating the Sargents for his own gain, enraged him "That useless rat, he is going to pay for this." Teresa seized the moment, with a sweet tone. "You’ve always been too lenient with him, Morris. Perhaps it’s time for us to use the strict method on him only then he'll be the obedient son of this family. Remember the residential school I mentioned? They’re experts in dealing with unruly children like Chris, why don't we send him there?" Morris glanced at her, remembering the school she mentioned, "You mean the one where they train children to be obedient?" "Exactly," Teresa said, and her eyes were lighting up while speaking, "They’ll teach Chris discipline and respect. And he won’t have the chance to pull any more stunts like this." Ivan nodded, his expression serious. "It might be the best option, dad, for Chris's sake, and ours." Morris stood abruptly, his towering frame casting a shadow over Teresa and Ivan. "Fine," he said coldly. "I’ll send him there immediately that boy needs to learn his place." Pulling out his mobile immediately from the pocket, Morris made a call to his assistant and barked an order. "Find out where the Sargents have taken Christian. I want to know everything, every detail about their location, immediately." The assistant nodded quickly, and hung the call to know the whereabouts of Christian. Teresa smirked, satisfied that her plan was in motion. She reached for her teacup, sipping delicately as she watched Morris pace the room, with extreme anger. In her mind, she envisioned Christian’s suffering at the residential school, she mentioned, it's a place where young children are treated as slaves, and to her it's a perfect punishment for a boy she had always despised. "Don’t worry, Morris," she said with a smile inwardly, "everything will be taken care of personally by me, and I bet once he goes there, he'll never return!"Latest Chapter
I WAS ALWAYS PART OF THIS
"Umm..." Georgia’s expression changed slightly, as if pain, sympathy, something heavier, all together came at a time."There were five," she said softly.Christian’s gaze shifted toward her immediately remembering the term he heard in between all these illusions. "The Original Five." Georgia nodded slowly."Yes." Something inside Christian immediately connected pieces together before she even continued.His voice lowered slightly as he knew the only time she hesitates when it's connected to him. "By any chance are you talking about my family?" Georgia closed her eyes briefly before answering."Yes." Christian’s breathing slowed, "My uncles..."Another nod."My aunts," he added quietly."Yes.""Are you sure?" Georgia’s voice became softer and calmer, "Yes... I've been hearing this since I was young and I'm sure about it." Silence crashed heavily between them, because suddenly, things made sense.The unnatural intelligence, the strange emotional complexity surrounding the Sargent
CHILDREN?
"What's with that expression of yours?" Christian asked quietly through the lower sanctum tunnel as he walked beside Georgia beneath endless layers of blackened steel corridors and fractured ritual walls.The glowing map extracted from the relic still hovering faintly before them while the deeper pathways toward the hidden laboratory stretched endlessly beneath the Dark Mountains like veins leading toward the heart of something rotten.Georgia shook her head calmly though unease filled expression is still there on her face, "nothing!""You’re hiding something from me again."Christian raised an eyebrow as his suspicion towards her didn't gone yet.Georgia’s steps slowed almost imperceptibly, not enough for someone ordinary to notice, but Christian noticed.He always did, especially now.... Especially after everything that had happened inside the sanctum.Ezra floated several feet ahead of them in silence, unusually restrained for once as his spectral gaze continuously scanned the surr
YOU WON'T LOOSE ANYONE HERE AFTER AGAIN
"The deepest laboratory…."Ezra’s voice lowered sharply after looking at what was projected before him, the usual carelessness that constantly lingered around him disappearing almost instantly as his calm eyes remained fixed on the glowing map suspended above the ruined sanctum floor, while beside him, even Georgia’s breathing seemed to still for a brief moment under the unbearable weight of what they were witnessing.Mary’s projection continued."The Veilborn could not fully destroy the relic because its existence became bound to the gate itself. So they turned instead toward convergence research…" Her gaze lowered slightly. "and toward me." Christian’s breathing slowed, something cold settled gradually inside him.Not fear or confusion but resolve.Yet beneath that growing resolve, there was pain.A deep, suffocating kind of pain he had been suppressing ever since this journey began.Because until this moment, despite all the clues, despite the fragments, despite the path Mary her
RESPONDING
"If you value your life, you should retreat now." Christian’s voice echoed through the shattered relic chamber with a terrifying calmness that felt far more dangerous than rage as silver-crimson energy continued surging violently around himThe completed amulet beneath his coat pulsing in direct resonance with the Veil Dominion Relic floating above the fractured sanctum platform while the bodies of fallen Veilborn elites lay scattered across the ruined floor.The remaining Veilborn forces froze instinctively.Not because of the words themselves, but because of the man standing before them.Moments earlier, Christian had still looked human.Now, something about him had changed.Not corrupted or monstrous, but worse and focused.The Veilborn leader slowly straightened from the edge of the fight, his silver-black mask partially cracked from their earlier clash while dark bloodline energy continued spiraling around his hands.Even he... Even someone clearly accustomed to violence and anc
YOU'RE A TERRIBLE LIAR
"You’re unusually quiet all of a sudden... Is everything okay?" Georgia’s voice echoed softly through the dim inner sanctum corridor as she walked beside Christian beneath huge black-silver walls engraved with ancient Veilborn inscriptions, their surfaces pulsing faintly with dormant crimson energy while the deeper chambers ahead radiated increasingly violent relic resonance.Christian did not answer immediately.His sharp gaze remained fixed ahead, calm yet noticeably heavier than before, while Mary’s blade rested loosely in his hand and the completed five-fragment key beneath his coat pulsed steadily against his chest like a second heartbeat.The deeper they moved into the sanctuary, the stronger it became.The relic, and its presence no longer felt distant... It felt mostly aware.After several minutes, Christian finally exhaled quietly. "I’m just thinking." Ezra, floating several feet ahead of them with far less laziness than usual, glanced back briefly."That," he remarked dryl
DON'T SOUND DISSAPOINTED
"Before you even think about stepping through that gate without a plan," Ezra said with a tone that tried to remain casual but carried an unmistakable sharpness beneath it as he hovered just slightly ahead of Christian and Georgia, his gaze fixed on the ancient layered inscriptions covering the inner threshold, "I would like to remind you that this is no longer a place where instinct alone will keep you both alive." Christian stood a step away from the gate, his posture steady, his expression composed, yet his eyes carried a deeper awareness now, something sharpened by everything they had already endured since entering the sanctum."I’m not relying on instinct... I've never done that," he replied calmly. "I’m relying on understanding what it wants."Georgia, who had been studying the inscriptions closely, let out a slow breath as her fingers hovered just inches above the ancient script without touching it, her brows furrowed in concentration."And what exactly do you think it wants?"
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