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Ava remained at the balcony, her fingers still resting lightly on the handle. Logan stood a few steps away inside the room, calm, unmoving, yet completely in control of the space between them.Neither of them attacked.Neither of them retreated.For a moment, it was not a battle of strength—But of awareness.Charlotte remained behind the curtains, her hands trembling slightly as she peeked through the fabric. Her eyes darted between Logan and the shadowed figure outside.“Logan…” she whispered faintly.He raised a hand slightly, signaling her to stay quiet.His gaze never left Ava.“You’re not like the others,” Logan said calmly.Ava didn’t respond immediately.Her mind was racing, recalculating everything. The plan had failed—but not completely. She had gotten closer than anyone else. Closer than those fifty men. Closer than brute force ever could.But not close enough.“I could say the same about you,” she replied finally, her voice steady despite the tension in her chest.Logan’s
Chapter 577
Charlotte stirred from her uneasy sleep and rubbed her eyes.“They’re coming again,” Logan said quietly, more to himself than to her. “But this time… it’s different.”Charlotte’s eyes widened. “Different how?”Logan didn’t answer. He only tightened his grip on the heirloom.Miles away, Ava and Sophia moved like ghosts through the dimly lit hotel room. Every surface was covered in maps, screens, and security layouts of Logan’s compound. The Night Vipers had supplied them with detailed reports, and they had cross-checked everything with their underworld contacts.“This is the perfect plan,” Sophia whispered, pointing to a corridor on the layout. “If Logan is used to defending against multiple attackers, he won’t anticipate a single person moving carefully inside.”Ava nodded. “And if he’s used to reacting with raw power, he won’t anticipate strategy and stealth. That heirloom… it makes him dangerous, yes. But it doesn’t make him invincible against a carefully executed distraction.”Soph
Chapter 576
The night stretched on, but sleep did not return to Logan’s house.The silence that followed the retreat of the fifty men was not one of peace—it was the silence of something unfinished. The kind that lingered in the air like a warning yet to be fulfilled.Logan stood by the window, his gaze fixed on the darkness outside. The compound had been cleared, the injured attackers gone, the broken doors temporarily secured. Yet, something remained unsettled deep within him.Charlotte stepped closer, wrapping her arms around herself.“They’ll come back, won’t they?” she asked softly.Logan didn’t answer immediately.His fingers brushed against the heirloom resting against his chest. It pulsed faintly, almost as if it were alive—responding, sensing, warning.“Yes,” he finally said.Charlotte’s breath caught.“But next time…” Logan continued, his voice calm but firm, “…it won’t be like this.”Miles away, in the Night Vipers’ control room, the atmosphere had completely shifted.Gone was the earl
Chapter 575
The control room felt colder.Not physically—but in a way that crept into the bones of everyone present. The confidence that once filled the space had thinned, replaced by something unfamiliar.Uncertainty.Sophia stood frozen, her eyes locked on the screen where the aftermath unfolded. Bodies of trained men—men they had trusted, men who had never failed before—were scattered across Logan’s living room like broken pieces of a plan that had gone terribly wrong.Her lips parted slightly, but no words came out.“This… this doesn’t make any sense…” she whispered.Beside her, Ava remained still.But unlike Sophia, her gaze wasn’t filled with disbelief.It was sharp.Focused.Hungry.On the screen, Logan stood in the center of the destruction.Uninjured.Untouched.His breathing was steady, his posture relaxed—as though everything that had just happened had barely required effort.Charlotte remained behind him, still shaken, but no longer panicking. Her eyes were fixed on Logan, a mix of aw
Chapter 574
The city held its breath.From the rooftops to the dimly lit streets, an invisible net had been cast, tightening with every passing second. The Night Vipers had moved with precision, their network spreading like veins through the city, each contact alert, each operative in position.Inside the surveillance room, Sophia stood with her arms folded, her eyes glued to the screen before her. Multiple feeds flickered—Logan’s compound, nearby streets, hidden angles that revealed even the slightest movement.Ava stood beside her, calmer, but no less focused.“Positions?” Ava asked without taking her eyes off the screen.“Set,” Sophia replied immediately. “All entry points covered. No movement in or out without our knowledge.”A faint smile appeared on Ava’s lips. “Good.”One of the operatives in the room spoke up, adjusting her headset. “Team Alpha in position. Team Beta ready. All underworld units have confirmed readiness.”Sophia nodded slowly.“This time…” she muttered under her breath, “…
Chapter 573
The room pulsed with a charged energy as the leader’s words settled into the minds of every Night Viper present. Each woman understood the weight of the assignment. Logan Brooks was not just any target—he was the Iron Hand, a man who had crushed every challenge, outwitted every enemy, and survived the impossible. And yet, now he had become their shared focus, a puzzle that required total coordination, precision, and ruthlessness.Sophia straightened her spine, feeling the familiar heat of determination rise in her chest. She glanced at Ava, whose eyes mirrored her own—sharp, calculating, and dangerously ambitious. The two of them were aligned in purpose, bound by the shared desire to see Logan defeated and the Collins heritage reclaimed. But Sophia knew better than to underestimate the man they were after. This wasn’t a simple physical conquest; it would require strategy, intelligence, and subtle manipulation. Logan wasn’t someone who could be crushed with brute force alone.The leade
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