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Chapter 523
“That’s right…” Jared continued. “We don’t need a crowd. We just need to appear vulnerable for the night and leave our defenses open, giving him a clear path to infiltrate our territory.”“Brother, are you certain about this?” one of the female elders couldn’t stop herself from asking.Jared raised his chin. “I have everything perfectly planned out. All we need are the Seven Calamities. The rest of our security measures will be stood down for the duration of the event. We need him to believe he can walk into our household that easily, right up until he is standing in front of my face. And then he will not escape the Seven Calamities, who are always by our side.”The great hall broke into thunderous applause, the understanding spreading around the oak table like a lit fuse.The Stonewell Mansion operated on multiple layers of security, from the outer perimeter beyond the walls, through the gates, all the way into the mansion itself. Each layer was
Chapter 522
Meanwhile, at the Stonewell Mansion in the North District...Every member of the Stonewell Family had gathered around the large oak table in the great hall, the seats filled from end to end. Jared Stonewell sat at the head of the table, and beside him on his right was his eldest son and heir, Peter. Lila’s permanent seat, to her father’s left, directly opposite Peter, sat empty, still waiting. Debbie, the youngest daughter, was present among the elders farther along the table, and even Rita, the patriarch’s secretary, stood in her usual position just behind the old man’s chair with a stack of files gathered in her arms.Across the room, lined up at the far end opposite the oak table, stood six bald-headed practitioners in white martial robes, each one holding his wooden staff with both hands, faces raised, bodies completely still. They could have been mistaken for ornamental statues if not for the quiet energy that every person in the room
Chapter 521
He swiped across the screen. There she was again, in a different pose on a luxury couch, the same easy confidence in her body language.He was about to slide the device back to Nancy, already imagining his dear wife baring her fangs at him for lingering, when something crossed his mind that he hadn’t thought of before.“When were these taken?” He looked up at Nancy, who was still smiling, clearly waiting for a compliment.“This morning, Boss. We do shoots every day.”He looked back down and began swiping again, faster this time, moving through the gallery with focused eyes.Until he found it, one particular shot where she had her head thrown to the side, neck fully exposed, the line of her jaw catching the studio light. Her skin was flawless as always, but there, just at the side of her neck, was the mark. The Death Mark.“What...” His voice came out low as his fingers moved to zoom in on it, eyes narrowing as he studied the symb
Chapter 520
Elijah Langston arrived at his office on the top floor of Crescent Technologies and had barely settled when his Vice President came jogging in.“Boss, you’re in.” Nancy Falkner walked up to his desk in her usual work attire. A fitted pantsuit and a silk blouse underneath that always revealed her cleavage slightly, whether by design or simple indifference to the fact.“I decided to stop by for a few minutes.” He raised his head to her from his seated position. “I believe there’s nothing for me to sign today, or you would have called me about it already.”She shook her head vigorously but pressed on. “There’s something you need to know, Boss. Serena DiLaurentis has not started a lawsuit against our company, and she has yet to ask for anything in compensation either.”Elijah nodded gently. He already understood his wife wouldn’t do such a thing in the first place.“And Liam Turner?” he asked.Nancy almost huffed. “Don’t worry about
Chapter 519
Old Mr. Carrington couldn’t find a single word for a long moment, standing there as though waiting for Elijah to laugh and call it a joke.But he knew better. The Young Master wouldn’t randomly joke about something like this.“Young Master, the Stonewells are really different from whatever they used to be,” he stammered. “The Highborn Gravesend, they—”“I know exactly who the Gravesend are.” Elijah let go of the splinter, and it fell among the others on the floor. “And the name means exactly what it promises.”The old man’s face turned slightly pale, and he took a step forward. “Then you know the history. I just don’t understand why they would associate themselves with low people like the Stonewells. The Gravesend is a name bigger than Brooklyn Heights itself. If you rethink—”“I’m no fan of improvisation.” Elijah pulled out his notebook and flipped it open to a blank page. “The Gravesend can keep their hands off my matter with the Stonewells, or they can do what their history in Sore
Chapter 518
Old Mr. Carrington looked toward the doorway and rubbed the side of his head awkwardly.Of course, he could go after the bald-headed man who had just demonstrated that he was no regular practitioner. Of course, he could.Instead, he moved quickly to where Donald Clay lay motionless on the floor and gasped at the state of him up close.Elijah approached from behind, unhurried. “He will survive, but it will take at least a month. And his cultivation progress is gone. If he is even capable of rebuilding his broken core, he will have to start from the very bottom...”As he finished speaking, he swiped his finger, and several silver needles swept out from his sleeve in a clean motion. They pierced accurately into several acupoints across Donald’s body, from the center of his head downward to below his stomach, just beneath the location of the shattered energy core.The old man looked at Elijah with a questioning gaze, and Elijah told him plainly, “I’ve stabilized him for now so his body wo
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