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,

men.

wounded Kingston bodyguard to the entrance and shoved

"Run," Calvin barked.

into the open, desperation in his

cracked through the

lifeless,

Calvin shouted. "In exactly one hour, we'll

heavy silence fell over the scene. The police now

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

Chapter 56

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

eyes slicing through

sneered, "do you

gasped, disbelief washing over

before him couldn't be the same Lyra he

kindness had been

What's going on? Why are you acting

cruel smirk twisted Lyra's

Chris," she spat his name

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

her words striking him like physical blows. Never had

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

wounds.

last. "You swindled Lancaster out of his fortune, your treacherous father

as if the ground

he thought he knew. Her scathing contempt

His voice wavered, the betrayal cutting

you dare look at me! Being near you makes me sick. Your family's in ruins, your father's probably rotting somewhere, and you... you're less than nothing.

take legal action against this loser. Make

epitome of failure. He

hand on you! Someone should put him out of his

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