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.

a wounded Kingston bodyguard to

"Run," Calvin barked.

the open,

reach safety, a gunshot cracked through

the ground, lifeless, before

exactly one hour, we'll send another to their

heavy silence fell over the scene. The police now

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the cluster of hostages. His

Chapter 56

"My

her eyes slicing through

who," she sneered, "do you think you

gasped, disbelief washing over

before him couldn't

one whose kindness had been his

going on? Why are you acting like

cruel smirk twisted

she spat his name

make my skin crawl! And stop saying my

heart plummeted, her words striking him like physical blows. Never had anyone

and the sting

than his wounds. "Say that again, I dare

a repulsive, conniving rat!" Lyra's voice dripped with venom, each word sharper than the last. "You swindled Lancaster out of his fortune, your treacherous father betrayed Kingston and threw us all to the

as if the ground

he thought he knew. Her

voice wavered, the betrayal cutting deep.

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

sharply, Lyra called out, "Sophia, take legal action against this loser. Make

here, the epitome of failure. He even had

should put him

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