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.

response within the hour," Calvin

men.

of them dragged a wounded Kingston bodyguard to

"Run," Calvin barked.

the open, desperation in his

gunshot cracked through the night. Calvin had shot

body hit the ground, lifeless, before the police could reach

shouted. "In exactly one hour, we'll

heavy silence fell over the scene. The police now grasped the deadly seriousness

***

Chris, battered and bleeding, stumbled toward the cluster of hostages.

Chapter 56

he implored. "My nosebleed...

gaze hardened, her eyes slicing through him

"do

gasped, disbelief washing over

him couldn't be

had been his closest

going on? Why

cruel smirk twisted Lyra's

his name like it was

think of addressing me— you make my skin crawl! And stop saying my

striking him like physical blows.

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

his wounds. "Say that again, I

treacherous father betrayed Kingston and threw us all to the wolves. And

as if the ground

be the Lyra he thought he knew.

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

your father's probably rotting somewhere, and you...

Make him repay every cent of the hundred million he

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

you! Someone should put

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