The Almighty Dominance

Jericho Kane? What does he want with the Heaven Root?" Alex ed.

*I heard his daughter's suffering from a rare genetic heart condition, and he thinks the Heaven Root can save her," Kelly explanted, glancing at Alex

"Bella Kane?" Alex repeated.

"Yes," Kelly confirmed.

Alex let out a weary sigh. He imagined Bella hiding her pain beneath an elegant façade. No wonder Jericho Kane spoiled her every whim and excused her worst habits.

"Alex, how should we handle this?" Kelly asked, her tone unsettled by the news. "I've got to get my hands on that Heaven Root," Alex declared without hesitation. "There's no time to waste. I'll head to Vermont today."

He stepped outside the clinic and was stunned to see a group of homeless men clashing with two brutish thugs lugging a drum. The looks on those thugs' faces made it clear they were up to no good.

"What's going on here?" Alex demanded.

"Doc, these two louts were about to pour oil around the clinic," one of the homeless men said.

"We figure they planned on burning the place down."

Another homeless man nodded. "You treat us for free, so they must have a death wish trying to torch this clinic."

The two hulking men sneered at the ragtag group. "Mind your own business, you filthy beggars,". one spat.

He raised a foot and kicked at one of the homeless men.

Immediately, the others retaliated, hurling empty bottles and whatever they could grab.

Furious at the uprising, the man tried swinging at them, but the homeless group scattered, still pelting him with debris as they darted around.

Alex's eyes narrowed.

"Someone pay you to burn this clinic?" he asked, his voice low and dangerous.

snarled, "and they put a price on your head, too.

a folding knife and stalked toward

Alex

grand," the thug

life sure isn't

lunged. "That ten grand is

shock, his partner grabbed the same knife and drove

doing?" the

later, he felt his own arm twist as if some

in horror, stabbing each other again and again, unable to control

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the pavement as both men collapsed pale ar trembling, until they lay still in a crimson pool One of the homeless men edged closer to Alex, eyes full of

were hired to kill me. Couldn't even decide

man spat on

They counted their chickens before they

the homeless men rifled through the dead men's pockets, taking everything

bodies would be dealt with soon

hailed a cab. He had more important matters on liis mind: the Heaven Root was vital, and such

later, Alex arrived at the massive

sat in the lounge, a commanding figure whose

asked, his voice

Jericho's stare head-on. "I'm

for you, I need it myself. I'm not handing it

disease," Alex said flatly. "The Heaven Root won't cure her for good-it's only a temporary

knack for violence, so don't lie

day, I'll let that slide. Otherwise, I'd have tossed you out

"You're not getting the Heaven Root. Dream on. Now get

Alex exhaled slowly.