Chapter 406 A Tense Standoff

“I’m sorry… for dragging you into this mess,” Ambrose muttered, his voice tinged with regret.

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“What nonsense, it’s clear that I’ve dragged you into this,” Calista responded with a light chuckle. However, her smile faded as her eyes scanned the crisscrossing scars adorning his upper body, her expression turning icy with the sight.

“Go on, your brother is waiting for you,” she urged him gently. Though Ambrose was hesitant to leave her side, he knew he had no choice but to comply. With a heavy heart and clenched teeth, he turned and began to walk in the opposite direction.

A figure emerged from the car, approaching Ambrose with hands raised in a gesture of peace, under the watchful gaze of Horatio. Meanwhile, Calista advanced toward him, her steps measured and deliberate. Sᴇaʀ*ᴄh the Findɴovel.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Step by step, the distance between them closed.

Horatio was convinced that once he had Calista within his grasp, he could manipulate her to extend his own life through any means necessary. With Kiefer being distracted by Kallum, Horatio focused solely on seizing Calista.

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At that crucial moment, Calista burst into laughter, her lending a haunting quality to her mirth. “Do you know?” she asked, capturing Horatio’s full attention.

wish for someone’s death, not even the heavens can protect them,” she declared confidently. Just as she finished her sentence,

stepped forward, seizing control over her in one swift

a gun pointed at her, Calista shrugged nonchalantly. “I

unfolded before his eyes, Quintus hastily started the car, whisking Ambrose away. In the blink of an eye, six black sedans crashed through a barricade and stormed the scene. Twenty menacing men emerged, their

“Kurt…”

bodyguard shoved him aside, saving him from what would have been a fatal

his command of Chanaean not quite perfect as he demanded,

to forty skilled men of

that Kiefer knows of your betrayal. Do you really think

cornered, Horatio glared at her, his voice

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yours. Isn’t it a bit late to blame me

flashed across Kurt’s stern face as he issued a single command,

in frustration, issuing a similar

signal, a fierce clash erupted immediately. The open terrain offered no cover, resulting in significant casualties. Horatio, seeing

of insight and pulled Calista in front of him, using her as a human shield. He shouted loudly.

halted their fire, turning their attention to him. Kurt, confident in his judgment, laughed dismissively. “You

dare harm Calista, Kurt coldly ordered with a casual flick of his finger, “Eliminate them all.”

a hundred men, forming at defensive line to the east to protect Calista. After ensuring Ambrose’s safety, Quintus returned to join them,

seemed to conspire against him as another wave of vehicles approached, bringing more than a hundred

command in Horington. I’m afraid these people are his final trump

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