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CHAPTER 327
The fire that had been burning in his chest, the one fueled by years of entitlement, was nothing but ash.Soren stared at the heavy steel door at the end of the hall. The hunger for vengeance had been replaced by a hollow, aching exhaustion. He just wanted to go home. He wanted a soft bed, a hot shower, and a world where he didn't have to look at the dirt."I... I agree," Soren whispered, his head hanging low. "I'll stay away. Just get me out of here.""Smartest thing you've said all day," Shaw remarked. He turned to a guard standing ten feet away, frozen in place. "Open it. He’s finished his education."The cell door hissed open with a mechanical groan. Soren stumbled out, eyes fixed on the floor. He didn't look at Shaw, the guards, or the other prisoners."One last thing, Soren," Shaw called out as the younger man reached the exit.Soren stopped but didn't turn around."The next time you look at a man in a uniform, remember the three days your father spent in the mud," Shaw sai
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"What are you all looking at?" Soren wheezed, his voice cracking as he struggled to find his footing. "You heard me! Arrest him! He’s a traitor to the city!"Manuel slowly wiped the blood from his lip with the back of his hand. He didn't look angry; he looked finished. "You think you're untouchable because of a name, Soren. But out here, in the real world, a name is just something we write on a booking sheet.""Assaulting a police officer," Manuel added, the words cutting through the murmurs like a blade. "In front of twenty witnesses.""Get off me! Let me go!" Soren screamed as four officers tackled him to the gritty floor. His white suit was instantly stained with the precinct's grey filth, the fabric tearing as they forced his arms behind his back. The metal zip-ties hissed shut, biting into his thin wrists."Look at the heir now," a young officer spat. They hauled Soren up, his face pressed briefly against the cold, dirty tile before being yanked toward the back."He’s still
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Soren didn’t move. He stood there, his chest heaving under the pristine white outfit of his suit, staring at Manuel as if the Commissioner had just started speaking a foreign language. A high-pitched ringing filled his ears, a cocktail of concussion-grade vertigo and pure, unadulterated denial."Dangerous?" Soren repeated the word whistling through his wired teeth like wind through a graveyard. He let out a sharp, jagged laugh that ended in a wince. "You’re actually listening to yourself? You, the man who’s had a seat at our Thanksgiving table, are standing here telling me that a man who eats breakfast in a mid-tier hotel is a deity?" "Soren, listen to me—" Manuel started, reaching out a hand."No, you listen!" Soren snapped, slapping Manuel’s hand away. He began to pace in a tight, frantic circle, his eyes darting toward the other officers who were watching with bated breath. "It’s a psychological play! Don't you see it? Riggs knows the myth of the God of War is the only thin
CHAPTER 324
"Immunity?" Soren let out a wet, wheezing laugh, stepping into the butler’s personal space.He poked a trembling finger into Lipton’s chest."You’ve spent so many years polishing silver that you’ve forgotten who provides the polish. My father is in a coma because of that animal. That isn't immunity, Lipton. That’s kidnapping. That’s assault. That’s a capital offense.""The High Command does not recognize civilian police authority in matters of—""Shut up!" Soren screamed, the effort making his eyes water from the pain in his jaw. "You’re a servant, Lipton. You’re a tool. You’re exactly what that bastard Riggs said we were. You think because you’ve lived in this house for twenty years that your opinion matters?”He sneered.“You’re a footnote on a payroll. If I want to go to the station and have the Commissioner put a warrant out for Riggs’ head, you will move, or you’ll be looking for a job in the slums by noon."Lipton looked down at the hand on his chest, then up at Soren. For a sp
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He looked up at the black-clad soldiers standing like gargoyles on the VTOL’s ramp, then back to his father. He needed the lie. He needed the world to make sense again."I get it," Soren whispered, a manic gleam entering his eyes as he clutched Kaelen’s tattered lapels. "You did it, didn't you? You stayed out there for three days to break him.”He pulled his father closer, his voice a frantic hiss. “You let yourself get dirty just to show Riggs that even in the mud, you’re the one in charge. It was a play—a power move. You stripped him of everything, didn't you? Tell me you broke that animal!"Kaelen’s head lolled back. He looked at Soren, but his gaze pierced right through him, past the penthouse, past the wealth, and straight toward the dark names etched on the Black Wall."The dirt..." Kaelen murmured, his voice fading into a death rattle. "We are just... the dirt...""No! Stop saying that!" Soren screamed. The force of the shout sent a lance of agony through his fractured jaw,
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"Don't you dare speak to me like that!" Soren wheezed, his voice whistling through the surgical wires in his jaw. "The man who cost him everything? Me? I am a Mace!"His eyes narrowed. "My father didn't lose anything. He was probably just... negotiating! He’s been gone three days because he was stripping that Riggs animal of his rank, his badge, and his dignity!"Lipton remained a statue, his expression unreadable. "Sir, the tone of the caller—""I don't care about the caller’s tone!" Soren screamed, spraying a fine mist of blood and saliva onto his silk pajamas. He began to pace frantically, eyes wide and bloodshot. "My father is a businessman. Do you hear me? A businessman!"A hard, desperate look settled on his face. "He probably made Riggs stay out there in the dirt just to show him who really controls the logistics of this country. That’s why it’s taking so long. He’s teaching him a lesson!"He snatched a nearby tablet, his thumbs smearing the screen with sweat as he scrambled
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