2025-08-11 02:40:16The next morning arrived like a thunderclap, While most of the city stirred awake, a storm was already brewing in the headquarters of Sebastian Holdings.
Lucas stood at the center of a private conference room on the 40th floor, sleeves rolled up, dark eyes locked on the projection behind him. The screen displayed names, records, and red flags, an entire internal audit, now laid bare for his personal judgment.
Helena sat beside him, flipping through a printed report. “Seventy-four employees connected to Darren’s little side hustle. Some skimming bonuses. Others funneling insider info to rival companies.”
Lucas didn’t blink. “And Rachel?”
“Used her department budget to buy herself a Cartier bracelet last Christmas.”
He gave a small, humorless smile. “Fire them all.”
“All seventy-four?”
“No exceptions,” he said. “And blacklist them across every subsidiary. Anyone who touched that man or her filth doesn’t deserve a second chance.”
Helena nodded. “Consider it done.”
Lucas exhaled. This wasn’t about anger. It wasn’t even about revenge. It was about cleansing his empire of every parasite that had festered while he played the pauper, And Rachel?
She wasn’t even the first target. Just the warm-up, Rachel sat on the edge of her bed, clutching a coffee cup that had long gone cold. The silence of her apartment screamed louder than any insult Lucas had ever thrown.
Her phone buzzed. Again. “Final Notice: Immediate Termination – Security Arriving at 10:00 AM.”
Tears pricked her eyes, Then another message popped up.
“Outstanding Debt – Credit Card Over Limit”
“Eviction Warning – Rent 3 Months Behind”
One after another, her entire life began unraveling before her eyes, It wasn’t just Lucas cutting her off, it was everything.
The apartment lease, the car in her name, the “investments” Darren told her to make… all tied to invisible hands that were now yanking everything back. Her phone buzzed one last time.
Unknown Number: “By the time I’m done, you’ll wish you never met me. – L”
She flung the phone across the room, Security moved swiftly and silently through the office, Darren, the man she thought she could build a new life with, was escorted out first. He made a scene, throwing a chair and shouting about “power plays” and “vendettas,” but no one helped him.
By the time Rachel arrived to plead for answers, it was too late, Her ID badge didn’t work, Her computer access was blocked, Her colleagues avoided her eyes like she was diseased.
She stood in the lobby, helpless, as Lucas walked past in silence, Helena at his side. “Lucas!” she shouted, voice cracking. “Please just talk to me!”
He didn’t break stride, Helena glanced back just once, lips curling into a satisfied smirk, The elevator doors closed behind them with a soft chime, Rachel collapsed onto the marble floor, sobbing.
Lucas sat alone in The Glass Vault, a private bar built into the 81st floor of his tower. Only three people in the city had access. Tonight, he wanted silence. But silence never came.
Helena entered quietly, holding a sealed envelope, He didn’t look at her. “Tell me it’s handled.”
Helena nodded. “Rachel’s out. Darren’s in custody for embezzlement. His assets were frozen by noon.”
Lucas took a sip of whiskey, then spoke without looking up. “And the board?”
“Ten out of twelve are loyal. The other two are about to be bought out.”
He finally looked at her. “And the boy?”
Helena’s eyes softened. “Healthy. Growing. We’ll be ready to announce once things settle.”
Lucas smiled faintly. “My son will never live in the shadows like I did.”
Helena hesitated. “There’s… something else.”
Lucas set his glass down, She handed him the envelope. “It came this morning. No return address. But the seal, it’s from the Consortium.”
Lucas’s fingers froze over the wax crest. Black and silver. Ancient. Powerful, A symbol that hadn’t crossed his path in years. “The Consortium?” he echoed.
“They know you’ve re-emerged. And they’re watching.”
Lucas’s jaw clenched, He hadn’t planned on this war getting bigger, But now, It was personal. Rachel stumbled through the alleyway behind her building, barefoot and crying, gripping a cheap handbag and a crumpled eviction notice.
Her makeup was smeared. Her knees bled. She had nowhere to go, A sleek black car pulled up beside her, window rolling down slowly, A man in a gray suit and gloves smiled coldly. “Ms. Rachel Sebastian?”
She backed away. “Who… who are you?”
He extended a card. Jet black. No writing, only a silver crescent symbol. “Your ex-husband has enemies. We believe you might be… useful.”
She stared at the card, heart pounding. “What do you want from me?”
The man’s eyes gleamed. “Revenge.”
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Chapter 100 – Ashes or Victory
The world ended in white. The chamber detonated with light and sound so violent it tore the breath from lungs and the scream from throats. For a single instant, existence itself was obliterated in brilliance, then came the shockwave.Steel ripped. Glass shattered. Men were hurled like ragdolls across the chamber. The floor split with a deafening crack, flames vomiting from ruptured conduits.Evelyn was flung across the steel, her body slamming into a railing. Her vision went black, lungs crushed under the force, she clawed for breath tasting blood.Bravo Team collapsed in heaps of broken armor, some groaning, others silent. Vance roared orders through the maelstrom, his voice nearly drowned out by the collapse around him. At the center of it all, Lucas Sebastian was swallowed by fire.The Silence AfterAnd then silence. The roaring hum of the detonator died, the countdown clock was gone, screen shattered, console burning. The relay core, once thrumming with Vincent’s malignant energy,
Chapter 99 – Zero Hour
00:01, the number glared at Lucas Sebastian from the monitor, red as blood, merciless as fate.One second a heartbeat the span between living and being erased, time slowed.Lucas – The Digital EdgeHis hands were fire on the console, fingers cracked and bleeding but still moving. Sweat blurred his vision, ribs screaming with every breath. But none of that mattered. His entire universe was code snarling, resisting, alive with Vincent’s malignant ghost.The screen split with static. Vincent’s sneering face flickered in and out, mouth opening in a jagged scream: “You cannot erase me!”Lucas’s pulse slammed in his ears. He wasn’t just typing he was attacking, each keystroke a weapon, each override command a thrust. He forced the backdoor wide, shoving his final failsafe through.The system screamed, Sparks cascaded from the console like fireflies the chamber lights flickered. Lucas bared his teeth. “You’re not immortal, Crowe. You’re obsolete.”The ghost lunged back, its digital claws rak
Chapter 98 – One Minute to Midnight
The numbers bled red across the screen.00:56.00:55.00:54.Lucas Sebastian stared at the countdown, breath ragged, hands trembling but steady over the console. The detonator’s cold glow reflected in his bloodshot eyes.The failsafe had shifted into his control, but it was no gift it was a curse with teeth. Vincent’s ghost hadn’t died, It lingered, snarling through the wires, pushing back against his every keystroke.The Chamber in ChaosGunfire still rattled across the chamber. Bravo Team was fractured into scattered squads, pinned down by mercenaries flooding the catwalks. Bullets sparked against the armored shell of the relay core, smoke stung the air, thick with the iron tang of blood.General Vance’s voice was a raw bark over comms. “Bravo, suppress fire! No one lets those bastards near Sebastian!”Evelyn was already moving. She sprinted between cover, sidearm cracking, every shot finding its mark. She slid behind a crumpled console beside Lucas, grabbing his arm. “You’ve got le
Chapter 97 – Two Fronts of War
The Caldwell Power Station groaned like a dying beast. Every light had turned crimson. Alarms howled, echoing through the steel and concrete labyrinth.The relay core pulsed with malignant energy, its secondary device sleek, armored, ticking casting a blood glow across the chamber, GLOBAL DETONATION SEQUENCE INITIATED.The SplitLucas Sebastian slammed his palms against the console, blood smearing across the keys. His eyes blazed as he fought to read the torrent of code cascading down the screen.“This isn’t just a relay anymore,” he barked, chest heaving. “It’s a failsafe bomb wired into the entire grid. If it blows, it’ll trigger everything.”General Vance swore under his breath, barking orders into his comm. “Bravo, secure the perimeter! No one in or out!”But before the words finished, gunfire cracked through the cavernous chamber. Mercenaries, Vincent’s loyalists men who had melted into the city’s shadows after his fall now flooding in like roaches, armed to the teeth.The soldie
Chapter 96 – The Dead Man’s Hand
The command tent exploded into chaos. Alarms shrieked from every console red lights pulsed across the walls like arteries throbbing with panic. Techs shouted over one another, screens filling with flashing warnings. BOMB STATUS: ACTIVE, SIGNAL AUTHENTICATION OVERRIDE FAILED.Lucas Sebastian gripped the detonator, his bloodied knuckles whitening around it. His body ached, his lungs screamed, but his mind snapped into diamond clarity. Vincent Crowe was dead, but the man had left behind a legacy that refused to die with him.The Countdown That Wasn’t“Status report!” General Vance roared, his voice thundering above the din. A young tech with trembling hands stammered, “No visible countdown, sir. The bombs aren’t they’re not timed! They’re synced to the signal. If it reaches full confirmation”“They’ll all blow at once,” Lucas finished grimly.Evelyn clutched his shoulder, her face pale. “How much time do we have?”Lucas studied the blinking device. The rhythm had changed no longer steady
Chapter 95 – The Blinking Doom
The night did not sleep. Helicopters thundered above the ruins of Crowe Tower, their spotlights sweeping across the collapsed mountain of steel and smoke. Firetrucks still screamed, dousing flames that refused to die. Reporters shoved microphones at trembling survivors, demanding answers.But the only answer that mattered pulsed in Lucas Sebastian’s palm a blinking red light,the detonator.Dragged Back From DeathParamedics carried him on a stretcher toward the triage tents, their faces tight with disbelief. “He should be dead,” one whispered, wiping soot from Lucas’s blood-caked face.Evelyn never left his side, clutching his hand as though her grip alone tethered him to the world. “Stay with me,” she whispered, tears cutting rivers through the ash on her cheeks. “Don’t you dare leave now.”Lucas stirred. His chest heaved like a furnace, every breath shallow and ragged, but his eyes flickered open. And then they all froze because his other hand clenched the detonator. “Stop!” a firef
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