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Lana was clinging tightly to Cade's arm, dressed in a sparkling, violently expensive designer gown that caught the flash of the estate's lights. She was only able to attend this highly exclusive banquet by riding on Cade's coattails. After the Mercer Group had publicly terminated her business contract, her reputation had taken a massive hit. She desperately needed to be seen at Patriarch Sterling's party to prove to the city that she was still a powerful player, and Cade was her only ticket inside.Cade stood tall next to her, wearing a sharp white tuxedo with a smug, deeply arrogant grin plastered across his face.Lana looked Dane up and down, her eyes entirely filled with malicious glee. Standing in the safety of the bright lights with her wealthy fiancé beside her, she had completely compartmentalized the terrifying events of the previous night. She conveniently forgot how she had been screaming in terror and fleeing the slums. Right now, she just wanted to humiliate him."Where is
Chapter 69
The morning sun filtered through the floor-to-ceiling glass windows of the Presidential Suite, casting a warm glow over the luxurious living area. Dane stood near the glass, looking out over the sprawling city below. The heavy, volatile events of the previous night had finally settled, but his mind was already moving three steps ahead.His phone vibrated softly in his pocket.Dane pulled it out and opened the encrypted messaging app. It was the text from Vaughn's younger brother. Dane read the detailed warning with cold, calculating eyes. The inheritance promise is a stalling tactic... fifty million dollars... top-tier martial arts master from the northern mountains... Patriarch Sterling's 80th birthday banquet... public execution.A slow, chilling smirk tugged at the corner of Dane’s mouth.Originally, Dane had absolutely no intention of attending Patriarch Sterling’s birthday banquet tonight. The Sterling family was wealthy, certainly, but in the grand hierarchy of the city, they we
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The younger brother stood up, turned around, and walked toward the exit. He opened the heavy wooden door, stepped out into the hospital corridor, and pulled the door firmly shut behind him.The exact second the latch clicked into place, the warm, proud smile on the father’s face vanished instantly. It was replaced by a look of pure, toxic malice.Vaughn could not hold it in any longer. He threw his crutches to the floor, hopped forward on his one good leg, and collapsed against his father's bed."Dad! Please!" Vaughn begged frantically, tears streaming down his swollen face. "You cannot do this! You cannot give the empire to him! He is a bastard! He is a nobody! I am your eldest son! Please do not take my inheritance away!""Shut your mouth, you pathetic idiot," his father snapped viciously. The sudden venom in his voice made Vaughn flinch backward."But you just promised him!" Vaughn cried."It is a stalling tactic, you fool," the father sneered, his eyes practically burning with hat
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The blindingly white VIP hospital room was silent, except for the rhythmic hum of the heart monitor next to the bed.The crime boss lay completely immobilized in his heavy motorized wheelchair. Both of his arms were elevated in thick plaster casts, and his shattered legs were firmly bolted to the metal footrests. Every single movement sent blinding bolts of agony through his torso, but the physical pain was nothing compared to the suffocating terror he felt knowing Dane was still out there, entirely capable of walking into this hospital and finishing the job.The heavy wooden door to the suite swung open.Vaughn hobbled into the room on a fresh set of medical crutches provided by his bodyguards. He looked absolutely repulsive. His expensive clothes were coated in alleyway grime, smelling strongly of damp garbage and dirty street water. His face was swollen, his knuckles were bruised, and his eyes were completely bloodshot from crying. He had rushed straight back to the hospital after
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"Please! I did not mean to harm Mara! I swear to you!" Vaughn begged frantically, desperately searching for any excuse to save his own skin and his inheritance. He looked back over his shoulder and pointed a shaking, accusing finger directly at Lana. "It was her! She put me up to it! Lana orchestrated the entire attack!"Lana’s face turned bright crimson with pure, unadulterated fury. She could not believe Vaughn was throwing her under the bus in front of everyone."You lying, incompetent bastard!" Lana screamed, stomping her expensive heel on the dirty pavement. "I did not tell you to kidnap her! You are the one who hired the thugs!"Dane slowly shifted his gaze from the weeping man on the ground to the screaming woman on the sidewalk. He gave Lana a cold, dead stare. It was the absolute look of an apex predator staring down an injured, cornered animal.Lana’s furious shouting died in her throat. She instantly felt a terrifying chill run down her spine. The fake arrogance completely
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The yellow city taxi rattled as it crossed the invisible boundary line separating the glowing, pristine commercial district from the dark, decaying streets of the city slums. Dane sat in the back seat, staring out the window with cold, unreadable eyes. His hand rested lightly over his inner pocket, where the immensely powerful jade stone radiated a steady, comforting warmth against his chest.The taxi slowly pulled up to the curb outside Dane’s old apartment building. Dane paid the driver and stepped out into the humid night air. As soon as Dane’s shoes touched the cracked concrete, the shadows in the alleyway shifted. A group of large, intimidating men wearing tailored black suits stepped out from the darkness, completely blocking the narrow entrance to the apartment building. Their hands rested menacingly on their waistbands, silently threatening violence. They were Vaughn’s remaining bodyguards.Dane did not flinch. He did not break his stride. He simply stared at them, his aura
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