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The Man Behind the Gun
Victor's finger tightened around the trigger.Adrian didn't move.For several seconds, nobody breathed.The silence inside the office was so complete that Adrian could hear the faint hum of the computers beneath the desk.His eyes remained fixed on Victor.Not the gun. Not Emilia.Victor and the man who had driven him here.The man who had stood beside him at the estate. The man who had warned him about the trap.The man who had followed him into the building.The man who had just pointed a gun at Emilia."Victor."His voice was quiet.Almost frighteningly quiet. Victor swallowed."I'm sorry."Adrian's gaze hardened."You've said that already.""I know.""Then say something else."Victor's jaw tightened.Adrian took a slow breath. "Why are you pointing that gun at her?"Victor didn't answer. "Who ordered you?"Still nothing.Adrian's eyes narrowed. "Augustus?"Victor flinched. It was barely noticeable but Adrian saw it."So it is him.""No."Victor shook his head."No, Adrian.""Then
The Woman in the Chair
The message remained on Adrian's screen.Come to the company alone. He read it again. Then again and his thumb hovered over the screen.Victor watched him carefully. "You're not actually going to go alone."Adrian slipped the phone into his pocket."No."Victor frowned. "But the message—""They want me to think I'll be alone."Adrian walked toward the steel door. "They're expecting me to panic."Victor followed. "And what are you going to do?"Adrian stopped. "Give them exactly what they expect."Victor stared at him."You're going to walk into their trap?"Adrian looked over his shoulder."I'm going to let them believe it worked."The door suddenly unlocked. Victor froze. Neither of them had touched it. Adrian looked at the mechanism."Someone opened it."Victor's face tightened."They're letting us leave.""Yes.""Why?"Adrian stepped through the doorway. "Because the trap isn't here."The drive back to the city was painfully quiet.Adrian sat in the passenger seat, staring through
The Man in the Shadows
The steel door slammed shut. The sound reverberated through the underground chamber.Adrian didn't move. Victor didn't either.For several seconds, there was nothing but darkness.Then a faint red light appeared above the door.Adrian's eyes adjusted.The underground office slowly emerged from the shadows.The old desk. The scattered files, the photographs.The locked cabinets. Everything suddenly looked different more sinister.Like a room that had been waiting fifteen years for him to return.Victor whispered,"Adrian.""I heard him.""No."Victor's voice was tense."Look behind you."Adrian turned.A small monitor mounted on the wall had switched on.Static flickered across the screen. Then a man's face appeared.Older, sharp features, silver hair. Cold eyes.Adrian recognized him immediately.The mysterious man from the photographs.His uncle. The man everyone had been searching for.The man supposedly behind the Black Crown.Adrian stepped closer."You're my uncle."The man smile
The House of Secrets
The old Nightingale estate stood beneath the moonlight like a monument to everything Adrian had spent years trying to escape.The iron gates were open . That was the first thing he noticed.They should have been locked. The estate had been abandoned for years, and yet tonight, the path leading toward the mansion had been freshly cleared.Adrian stopped his car several meters from the entrance.He didn't get out immediately.His eyes moved across the property.The enormous mansion sat in silence, its windows dark and lifeless.No guards, security lights, vehicles.Nothing.It was almost too quiet.His phone vibrated.A message appeared.Come inside.Another followed immediately.You have ten minutes.Adrian stared at the screen.Then he smiled faintly."Ten minutes."He put the phone away."You're in a hurry."He stepped out of the car.The night air was cold against his face.For a moment, he simply stood there.This was the place where his childhood had begun.And ended.He remembere
The Truth Beneath the Lie
Adrian couldn't move. The photograph remained between his fingers. His grandmother's face stared back at him.Older, softer but unmistakable.The man's expression remained unreadable."You're not ready." Adrian laughed bitterly."Don't tell me what I'm ready for."His eyes glistened. "I've spent half my life being told what I could and couldn't know.""My father died and I was sent away. My entire identity was hidden from me."He lifted the photograph and now you're standing here telling me my grandmother is alive."His voice cracked."So don't you dare tell me I'm not ready."The man's expression finally softened. "Then listen."Adrian waited. "Your grandmother survived the accident."Adrian's chest tightened. "But she was badly injured. She was unconscious for weeks. By the time she woke up..."The man paused. "...your grandfather had already made his decision.""What decision?”“To make the world believe she was dead."Adrian stared at him."Why?""Because someone was looking for h
The Person He Trusted
The lights flickered on. Adrian stopped halfway down the stairs.His hand remained on the railing.For several seconds, he couldn't breathe. At the bottom of the staircase stood a man he never expected to see there.Adrian's expression changed. Not anger or fear.Something worse and disbelief."Why are you here?" The man slowly raised his eyes.He didn't answer. Adrian descended another step."Why are you here?" His voice was quieter this time.The man finally smiled. "Because you were getting too close."Behind Adrian, Nathan appeared at the top of the stairs. The moment he saw the man, his expression hardened."You." The man glanced toward him. "Hello, Nathan."Adrian looked between them. "You two know each other?"Nathan's jaw tightened. "Not well."The man laughed softly. "That's not what you told me."Adrian's eyes narrowed. Nathan immediately shook his head. "Adrian, don't listen to him."The man looked at Adrian. "That's always his answer."He slowly pulled a chair away from th
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