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Chapter 164 – The Ashes and the Vanishing
The smoke that choked the underground vault still hadn’t cleared.Chunks of concrete were strewn across the corridor. Wires sparked from the ceiling like angry snakes, and the flickering emergency lights cast an eerie glow over the destruction.From the shattered remains of the security vault, a low groan echoed.Aiden Romanov was alive.Buried under rubble, bloodied and barely conscious, Aiden clawed his way free, coughing violently. The blast had ripped through the entire East wing of the mansion’s substructure. Had it not been for Silvana’s last-second warning and Gregory’s rerouted security system, he’d have been vaporized in the core detonation.“Sir he’s here!” came a distant voice.It was Romanov security a strike team that had been combing through the wreckage since the breach. They rushed forward, pulling Aiden from the rubble. Blood trickled down his temple. His ribs were likely cracked. But he was breathing.He was alive.Silvana, who had refused to leave the search zone d
CHAPTER 163: The Vault of No Return
The air inside the vault thickened with pressure as the reinforced doors groaned open. Red emergency lighting bathed the chamber in a surreal glow, casting jagged shadows over Zain’s figure as he stepped in. Behind him, Orlov followed slowly, his cybernetic eye scanning the intricate patterns engraved on the chamber walls—symbols of legacy, sacrifice, and blood.They had arrived.The Vault of the First Romanov.Buried deep beneath the estate’s original foundations, the vault was a myth even to most board members—a place where secrets too dangerous for data files were stored in coded genetic encryption and crystalline memory strands.Zain turned slowly, watching the chamber come to life. The biometric gates shimmered, projecting phantasmal images of Romanov ancestors. Suspended in an energy field at the center of the room was a crystalline orb—the Heart of Stavos.“This,” Zain whispered, “is where it all ends… and where it all begins again.”He pulled out a data-spike from his coat and
CHAPTER 162: Ashes of the Father
The Romanov mansion's control room dimmed, bathed in the dull amber hue of emergency lights. Harper’s voice crackled over the loudspeakers as she patched into all sectors of the estate.“Enemy strike force confirmed. Approaching from all known sectors north, east, and the hidden creek path. Coordinated pattern. They’re not probing. They’re coming.”Aiden stood at the center, his silhouette cast against the main screen where Orlov’s face, twisted by age and vengeance, dominated the feed. The man who once tried to eradicate the Romanovs now marched beside Zain the traitorous blood who once swore loyalty as family.“They want to bury our name in the ashes of betrayal,” Aiden muttered. “But they’ve underestimated the fire they’ve just walked into.”Lorenzo entered, dressed in tactical armor, still regal despite the weight of the years.“They’ve surrounded the estate, but they don’t know we’re expecting them,” he said. “Let’s give them a welcome worthy of the Romanov legacy.”Silvana, stan
CHAPTER 161: When Shadows Rise
The night wind howled around the Romanov estate as Aiden stood atop the east tower, eyes locked on the blinking red dot Harper had just uncovered a pulsing signal embedded in Amelia’s jacket, cloaked beneath layers of decoy code.A beacon not for tracking her but to guide something or someone else in.“They were never trying to extract Amelia,” Harper said, running her fingers across the decrypted signal path. “They wanted her inside. This was their infiltration.”Silvana, now heavily pregnant and leaning against the reinforced balustrade, narrowed her gaze. “They used her as a live Trojan horse.”Gregory entered the rooftop war room with fresh satellite footage. “We’ve got movement. Six black SUVs, unmarked, parked on the south forest perimeter. No plates. Thermal scans show minimal body heat inside.”“Drones?” Aiden asked.“Already scrambled, but they’re jamming low-orbit signal bands. We’ll be flying blind for the next ten minutes unless Harper reroutes through the secondary relay.
CHAPTER 160: The Dagger’s Edge
The west tunnel was darker than Zia remembered.She crouched low behind the abandoned wine rack that once concealed Amelia’s favorite shortcut through the Romanov estate’s hidden crawlspaces. The humid air pressed against her skin, every breath a quiet prayer that her mother wouldn’t turn around too soon.Amelia moved with uncanny confidence like a ghost slipping through a home that had once adored her. She paused only to disable small sensors on the wall, swiping past them with the elegance of memory. She had once belonged here, and every nook and cranny still whispered her name.But Zia wasn’t that same scared little girl anymore.She had followed the trails, noticed the subtle movements of dust and displaced stones, connected the unspoken tension among the staff. And now, for the first time, she understood the game her mother had been playing since her return. “You think you’re still the queen of this place,” Zia murmured under her breath, “but not anymore.”Her communicator buzze
CHAPTER 159: Collateral Reign
The smoke curled through the halls of St. Aurelia’s like a serpent acrid, choking, and stinging the eyes. Alarms blared. Emergency sprinklers sprayed in vain, mixing ash and water into thick trails running down the marble floors. The students were being escorted out in a chaotic tide of panic and confusion, but Aiden Romanov moved with singular purpose.Silvana was in his arms, her face pale, her hands gripping tightly to her lower abdomen.“I’m fine,” she murmured.“You’re bleeding,” Aiden said, his voice raw, the weight of the moment threatening to crush him. “We’re not taking any chances. Not with you. Not with the baby.”Zia ran beside them, coughing, frightened but composed. “Is Mom… going to be okay?”“She will be,” Aiden promised, but his eyes betrayed fear.Outside, Harper’s armored vehicle screeched to a halt at the curb. Bryden, bruised and limping from his earlier override at the comm tower, helped usher them in.“Was that really a second wave?” Aiden asked as they secured
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