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Chapter 85. The Unbroken Sister
Tony Garrison sat on the dirty stone curb outside the soaring glass entrance of Aura Shield Tower, his head buried in his hands as heavy tears streamed down his dirt-streaked face.The afternoon wind whipped through his thin, faded jacket, but he didn't even feel the cold. His entire mind was numb. Just an hour ago, he believed he was superior to every unemployed applicant standing in that basement line. Now, holding a broom that had been handed to him like a cruel joke, the brutal reality hit him like a physical blow.Julian Bennett and his younger sister, Aurora, were no longer the helpless, struggling relatives he could mock and step on. They operated on a plane of immense corporate power and wealth that he couldn't even comprehend."Get up, Tony. Stop crying like a coward." Susan snapped, her voice trembling with a toxic mixture of shame, bitterness, and desperate rage.She stood over her brother, her hair wild and her eyes red-rimmed as she clutched her own broom against her f
Chapter 84. The Garrisons' Humiliation
"Next! Move along, line up against the side wall," a harsh voice shouted, echoing down the cold concrete hallway of the service basement.Tony Garrison adjusted his stained, faded jacket, shuffling his feet impatiently in the long, crowded queue inside the lower ground floor of the Aura Shield Tower. Beside him stood his sister, Susan—her eyes red-rimmed and her hair unkempt. Just three hours ago, their landlord had thrown their cheap suitcases onto the muddy curb after evicting them from their third cramped slum apartment in two months. They were down to their last few coins, completely broke, desperate, and forced to line up for low-wage entry-level janitorial work just to afford a single warm meal.Yet, despite his ragged clothes and dirty boots, Tony’s face remained full of bloated arrogance. Beside him, Susan held her chin up with a bitter, artificial pride, refusing to accept how far she had fallen since abandoning Julian."Move over," Tony sneered loudly, shoving a young ma
Chapter 83. Aurora’s Independence
While the financial district of Sunspire City was still reeling from the tragic news of Julian Bennett’s reported death, the corporate vultures of the global tech sector began to circle like hungry wolves, mistakenly believing that the Bennett family tree had finally lost its roots.Among the most aggressive and vocal of these opportunists was Donald Bankston.Donald is an arrogant foreign tech heir whose family firm had envied the explosive, military-grade quantum encryption patents held by Aura Shield Systems—the independent defense and cyber-security company owned and successfully operated by Julian’s brilliant younger sister, Aurora Bennett.Donald had watched the morning news reports of Julian’s public mourning with a cold, predatory smirk spread across his face. To him, Aurora was merely a young girl who had only survived in the ruthless tech arena because her older brother stood behind her. Now that Julian was supposedly gone, Donald believed the golden shield protecting Aura
Chapter 82. False Peace
"Pour the champagne, gentlemen," King 7 commanded, his harsh voice echoing off the concrete walls of the underground bunker.Deep beneath the capital city, the supreme leader of the Black Crown raised his crystal glass toward the wall of digital monitors. Surrounding the long conference table were the remaining shadow executives of the syndicate, along with two men who had recently clawed their way back from total ruin.On the Chairman’s right sat King 3—The Politician. After his embarrassing federal freeze defeat, King 3 had spent millions paying off high-court judges and exploiting legal loopholes to bury the presidential seal investigation. On the Chairman’s left sat King 2—The General. Though his private army had been publicly disgraced and dismantled, King 2 had pulled billions from hidden offshore accounts to assemble a fresh battalion of ruthless foreign mercenaries under a new shadow corporate name.They were men who believed they were invincible. Men who believed that a
Chapter 81. The Shadow Loyalty
"She's alive... she's really alive," Viper sobbed, her body shaking as tears streamed down her pale face.The bright blue holographic screen flickered softly in the study, showing the interior of the military transport jet as it made its final approach toward the estate's landing pad. Through the clear video link, sixteen-year-old Maya smiled warmly, clutching her mug of hot cocoa while General Cole stood quietly in the background. For three agonizing years, Viper had lived as a helpless ghost in the dark, forced to carry out cold-blooded liquidations for the Black Crown just to keep her little sister breathing.Every single day of her life had been a living nightmare. The syndicate she had served faithfully for over a decade treated her like nothing more than an expendable slave, holding a gun to her sister's head to enforce absolute submission. Yet in less than two short hours, Julian Bennett—a man she had been sent to assassinate in cold blood—had shattered those unbreakable ch
Chapter 80. Unmasking the Bondage
"Who holds your family hostage?" Julian Bennett repeated softly.His quiet, deep voice cut through the damp air of the private study like a silver blade, freezing the lethal female assassin where she stood.Viper stood paralyzed against the edge of the desk, her dark mask pulled down slightly, exposing a pale, horror-stricken face. Her eyes trembled with pure, raw terror.In less than thirty seconds, this quiet man had stopped her poisoned blade with two fingers, broken her high-grade steel knife like a dry twig, and peered directly into the deepest, darkest secret of her soul."How... how do you know that?" Viper choked out, her voice dropping into a ragged whisper as tears welled up in her dark eyes.Before Julian could answer, the doors of the study burst open.Helena Vale, Vivienne Cross, Celeste Morrow, and Aria Monroe rushed into the room, alerted by the snap of the broken blade. Helena’s eyes flared with protective fury, while Celeste immediately reached for an emergency medi
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