Chapter 274

This was the moment Stephen had been waiting for.

James had finally fallen into his hands, and now he had the chance to capture James and his entire network in one sweep.

Outside, Stephen's men were lying in wait-not just snipers, but also mercenaries he had urgently brought back from abroad the night before.

When Stephen arrived earlier, he had carefully assessed the situation. Just as he had anticipated, James had very few people left to rely on in Orkford. The men present were basically all the forces James had left in the country.

According to the rescue plan Stephen had devised the night before, if everything went smoothly, he could save Tessa while simultaneously capturing James and his remaining operatives in Orkford.

However, the plan required Stephen to take a tremendous risk. If it failed, neither he nor Tessa would make it out alive.

Success was within reach, but something unexpected happened.

Stephen hadn't anticipated that James would send someone to capture Seline.

"Save Seline. Stephen, please save her."

in Stephen's arms, clutched his collar

thoughts unreadable. This opportunity had taken

stronghold in Arcton, it would be nearly impossible to deal with him in the future. But James was using Seline as a hostage, forcing Stephen to tread carefully. Stephen lowered his gaze. His heart ached when he saw Tessa's pleading eyes. Inside the hovering helicopter, Seline was crying and

"Help me, Tessa! Help!"

there, smiling as he waited. He knew the snipers outside were using red dot sights, which improved accuracy if

during high-stakes shots. Ecuracy

moved quickly or swayed, the buffet could still hit its mark with

the chances of

alive

couldn't

watched Stephen with calm amusement.

Stephen would choose. In his eyes, sacrificing a little girl to eliminate a lifelong enemy

a no-brainer.

life had never been precious or

Stephen said, "Let go of Seline. I'll let you leave, but your men

also made sense. He smirked and pointed

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