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

men.

a wounded Kingston bodyguard to the entrance and shoved

"Run," Calvin barked.

stumbled into the

safety, a gunshot cracked through

the ground, lifeless, before the police could reach

one hour, we'll send

The police now grasped the deadly seriousness of the

***

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

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he implored. "My

eyes slicing through

sneered, "do you think you

gasped, disbelief washing

cold, contemptuous woman before him couldn't be

one whose kindness had been

Chris. What's going on? Why are you

smirk twisted

his name like it was

vermin like you. Don't even think of addressing me— you make my skin crawl! And stop saying my name.

blows. Never had anyone spoken to

anger surged, fueled by humiliation and the sting of

wounds. "Say that again,

fortune, your treacherous father betrayed Kingston and threw us all to the wolves. And you know what's truly

as if the ground had

Lyra he thought he knew. Her scathing contempt was

His voice wavered, the betrayal cutting

Your family's in ruins, your father's probably rotting somewhere, and you... you're less than nothing. Stay away from me! You disgust

Make him repay every cent of the hundred million he

epitome of

on you! Someone should put him out of

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