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Chapter 597
The city did not sleep that night.After the news broadcast about unidentified forces threatening national stability, fear spread quietly but deeply into households across every district. It wasn’t loud or chaotic at first, but it settled in like something unavoidable, moving from room to room through conversations, screens, and silent thoughts people tried not to voice out loud. It wasn’t the first time the country had faced such warnings—people remembered the previous incidents too well.Buildings reduced to rubble.Entire streets abandoned.Families displaced overnight.And in some places, never rebuilt.Those memories resurfaced easily, carried by older broadcasts and personal experiences that never fully faded. So when the announcement came that the government would be addressing the crisis again, people listened with a mixture of hope and dread.Hope that something had changed.Dread that nothing had.By morning, another update followed.A national broadcast.A formal tone.A st
Chapter 596
The hallway inside Logan’s residence had gone strangely quiet again.Not peaceful.Not safe.Quiet in the way tension becomes after it burns through its loudest stage—when confusion replaces confidence and everyone is forced to reassess what they thought they understood.The men who remained standing exchanged uncertain glances.Some still held their weapons.Others no longer did.A few had taken small steps backward without fully realizing it.Victor saw it all through the live feed.And for the first time since the operation began, his expression tightened into something closer to concern than calculation.“This is not a standard engagement anymore,” he said quietly.No one replied.Inside the house, Logan stood in the same place he had stopped moments earlier.He hadn’t pursued them.Hadn’t rushed.Hadn’t escalated.That was what unsettled them most.Because nothing about him matched the expectation of a target under attack.One of the men finally spoke, his voice strained.“Why… i
Chapter 595
The hallway inside Logan’s residence had gone strangely quiet again.Not peaceful.Not safe.Quiet in the way tension becomes after it burns through its loudest stage—when confusion replaces confidence and everyone is forced to reassess what they thought they understood.The men who remained standing exchanged uncertain glances.Some still held their weapons.Others no longer did.A few had taken small steps backward without fully realizing it.Victor saw it all through the live feed.And for the first time since the operation began, his expression tightened into something closer to concern than calculation.“This is not a standard engagement anymore,” he said quietly.No one replied.Inside the house, Logan stood in the same place he had stopped moments earlier.He hadn’t pursued them.Hadn’t rushed.Hadn’t escalated.That was what unsettled them most.Because nothing about him matched the expectation of a target under attack.One of the men finally spoke, his voice strained.“Why… i
Chapter 594
The moment stretched—tense, suspended—like the entire house had stopped breathing.Weapons remained raised.Fingers hovered over triggers.But no one fired.Because something about Logan’s stillness was wrong in a way they couldn’t immediately define.Not weakness.Not surrender.Control.Absolute, effortless control.The lead man tightened his grip.“Don’t listen to him,” he snapped under his breath. “He’s trying to destabilize us.”But even as he spoke, his voice lacked the certainty it carried a minute earlier.From the surveillance feed, Victor’s eyes narrowed.He leaned closer to the screen.“Why isn’t anyone moving?” he muttered.A technician beside him hesitated.“I think… they’re waiting for instruction, sir.”Victor’s jaw tightened.“That wasn’t the instruction.”Inside the house, Logan finally stepped forward.One step.Slow.Measured.The men reacted instantly, adjusting their formation as if preparing for impact.But nothing came.No attack.No defensive surge.Just that s
Chapter 593
Victor didn’t sleep that night.Neither did the men he had gathered.The warehouse stayed awake under dim, buzzing lights as final adjustments were made—routes were mapped, timing was refined, and communication lines were tested repeatedly until nothing felt uncertain.Still, uncertainty lingered in the background like an uninvited guest.Not fear.Just awareness that they were dealing with someone different.“Again,” Victor said, pointing at the map projected on the wall.One of the men traced a route with a finger.“This is the access point,” he said. “Low visibility. Minimal patrol exposure.”Victor nodded once.“And exit routes?” he asked.“Two prepared. One primary. One fallback.”Victor studied it for a moment longer.Then stepped back.“Good,” he said.But his tone carried no satisfaction.Only calculation.Because even with all of this preparation, Logan Brooks still didn’t feel fully accounted for.That was what unsettled him.Not the man’s strength.But the lack of pattern.
Chapter 592
The man did not waste a single hour.By the time the sun began to dip toward the horizon, he had already activated contacts that most people didn’t even know existed. His name was Victor Sullivan—one of the more calculated minds in the family, known not for loud anger, but for quiet execution.And right now, he carried the full weight of the Sullivan family’s expectation.Inside his car, Victor’s phone buzzed continuously.He answered one call after another.“I need everything you have on Logan Brooks,” he said into one line.On another:“Locations. Movements. Patterns. I want details, not rumors.”And then another:“Reach out to the underground networks. I don’t care what it costs.”His tone never rose.Never wavered.But the urgency behind his words was unmistakable.Within hours, information began to trickle in.Not complete.Not perfect.But enough to build a picture.Logan Brooks.The Iron Hand.A man who moved differently from others.A man whose routines were unpredictable.A m
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