The Almighty Dominance

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," Calvin warned,

men.

them dragged a wounded Kingston bodyguard

"Run," Calvin barked.

stumbled into the

safety, a gunshot cracked through the night.

hit the ground, lifeless, before the

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

The police

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and bleeding, stumbled toward the cluster of hostages. His eyes locked onto

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please," he implored. "My nosebleed...

hardened, her eyes

who," she sneered, "do you think

gasped, disbelief washing

before him couldn't

one whose kindness had been his closest

me, Chris. What's going on? Why are you acting

cruel smirk twisted Lyra's

his name like it

don't waste my breath on vermin like you. Don't even think of addressing me— you make my skin crawl! And stop saying my name. It's tainted every time it

blows. Never had anyone

by humiliation and the sting of her rejection in

burned hotter than his wounds. "Say

than the last. "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

felt as if the ground had

the Lyra he thought he knew. Her scathing

you say that?" His voice wavered, the betrayal cutting deep. "What?" Lyra's eyes blazed with

me sick. Your family's in ruins, your father's probably rotting somewhere, and you... you're less than nothing.

called out, "Sophia, take legal action against this loser. Make him repay every cent

real parasite here, the epitome of

Someone should put him out of