Chapter 56

Chapter 56

"Leader, the police are here," one of the Walkers informed Calvin urgently.

Calvin could already hear the wail of sirens and the amplified voices echoing outside.

“Attention inside! Surrender immediately, or we will use force!" the police commanded through their megaphones.

He turned to two of his men and pointed at Sophia and Chr.

"Take these two to join the other guests," he ordered.

"Have all of them text their parents-cach-demanding ten million dollars within the next thirty minutes, or we start shooting thein."

The guards seized Sophia and Chris, dragging them away as Calvin strode toward the front of the hall. Grabbing the microphone connected to Heaven Hall's sound system, he addressed the authorities outside.

“I demand the immediate release of my brother, Ethan the Giant, from prison,” Calvin announced.

"Bring him here, or we will execute one hostage every hour"

The officers exchanged grim looks.

Ethan the Giant was a notorious criminal, a dangerous individual responsible for countless deaths.

His capture had cost the lives of fifty officers and soldiers.

Releasing him was out of the question.

But Calvin knew that. His demand was a ploy-a tactic to buy time.

Freeing his brother from the most secure prison would take days, mired in bureaucratic red tape.

It was all a smokescreen, meant to distract the authorities long enough for his father to secure control over Kingston's empire.

Once they held that power, even the police would be under their sway.

the hour,"

men.

wounded Kingston bodyguard to

"Run," Calvin barked.

the open, desperation

through the night. Calvin

ground, lifeless, before

one hour, we'll send another to their death. You'd better be

fell over the scene. The police now grasped

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battered and bleeding, stumbled toward the cluster of hostages.

Chapter 56

he implored. "My

her eyes slicing through him like

sneered, "do

disbelief washing over

cold, contemptuous woman before him couldn't be

whose kindness had been his closest

What's going on? Why are

smirk

spat his name like it was

like you. Don't even think of addressing me— you make my skin crawl!

like physical blows. Never had

by humiliation and the sting of

hotter than his wounds. "Say that

"You swindled Lancaster out of his fortune, your treacherous father betrayed Kingston and threw us all to the wolves. And you know what's truly pathetic? You're penniless-a worthless nobody! Alex surpasses

as if the ground had

thought he knew. Her scathing

wavered, the betrayal cutting deep.

family's in ruins, your father's probably rotting somewhere, and you... you're less

legal action against this loser. Make him repay

of

should put him out of

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