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.

within the hour," Calvin warned, signaling to

men.

them dragged a wounded Kingston bodyguard to the entrance and

"Run," Calvin barked.

the open, desperation

a gunshot cracked through the night. Calvin had shot

the ground, lifeless,

shouted. "In exactly one hour, we'll send another

The police now

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toward the cluster of hostages. His eyes

Chapter 56

please," he implored. "My nosebleed... it won't

her eyes slicing through him like

"do you

gasped, disbelief

him couldn't be the same Lyra he

kindness had been his closest

Chris. What's going on? Why are

smirk twisted Lyra's

Chris," she spat his name

think of addressing me— you make my skin crawl! And stop saying my name. It's tainted every time

blows. Never had

surged, fueled by humiliation and the sting of her rejection in

burned hotter than his wounds. "Say that again, I

repulsive, conniving rat!" Lyra's voice dripped with venom, each word sharper than the last. "You swindled Lancaster out of his fortune, your treacherous

the ground had

couldn't be the Lyra he thought he knew. Her

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

you makes me sick. Your family's in ruins, your father's probably rotting somewhere,

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

the real parasite here, the epitome of failure. He even had the

a hand on you! Someone should put

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