Chapter 252

Alex watched with icy indifference as Owen's bodyguards surged forward and snatched the ornate box from his hand. He let them have it-this once.

"You ignorant little quack," Owen spat venomously, his sneer sharp enough to slice through steel.

"Heaven Root isn't just some miracle herb-it's the ultimate treasure for warriors like us. You, a pathetic excuse for a doctor, couldn't appreciate its worth even if it bit you in the ass!"

Smugly, Owen slapped the box with contemptuous triumph.

"Uncle Jericho's already handed this over to me. It's mine now, doctor boy."

Instead of exploding into fury, Alex's lips twisted into a chilling, knife-edged smile directed straight at Jericho Kane.

"Fool me once-shame on you. Twice-shame on me. But thrice? Then I'm the goddamn fool."

He strode past Jericho, leaning in close enough to whisper venomous words straight into his trembling ear

"If that Heaven Root isn't in my hand before I leave this cursed mansion, don't blame me when your bloodline ends three generations deep."

Jericho Kane felt ice spike through his veins, terror tightening around his heart like a hangman's noose.

Alex paused a heartbeat longer, eyes blazing like hellfire. "No one cheats me three times and sees the dawn again."

"You worthless bastard!" Owen crowed arrogantly from behind, laughing like the winner of some sadistic game.

"Take your filthy money and crawl out of here. Refuse it, and I'll throw it to charity. They deserve it more than you!"

Ignoring Owen's mocking laughter, Alex called calmly, his voice steady as iron calling to the next room, "Josephine, we're done here. Let's go."

"Right behind you," Josephine said quickly, catching up with him as he strode towards the exit.

She glanced nervously back at Jericho, but Alex merely offered her a reassuring smile, as though the chaotic humiliation they'd just endured had been nothing but a passing breeze.

Meanwhile, Jericho Kane stood immobilized, dread pooling deep within him like poison.

A wave of nausea crashed through him as he realized what a catastrophic mistake he'd made crossing Alex.

"Owen, hand me the Heaven Root," Jericho snapped sharply, his voice heavy with restrained panic.

"Uncle Kane, you promised it to my father!" Owen protested, clutching the box protectively.

said enough, boy! Hand

froze in

of Owen. Without hesitation, Jericho lunged forward, delivering two vicious strikes

and limp. "You...you

Jericho warned, cold as death itself, "or

"Uncle Kane, my father's

now or your father's connections won't save

Chapter 252

toward Alex, already

Owen surrendered the box, mumbling weak threats. "My father will hear

Jericho snarled, snatching

his old injuries. Every step

we stop?

Alex cut her off coldly, increasing his

simmered, barely contained

desperately, yet another darker urge longed to obliterate the

Jericho shouted again, panic clawing at his chest as he saw Alex nearing the

"Please, don't go!"

in rivers as he realized the catastrophic

on Texas's support, hoping Alex and the powerful family would clash and leave

Jericho saw

of strength left in his aging bones, Jericho surged

exit, Jericho crashed to his knees before him, offering up the precious Heaven Root with shaking hands. "Please, Alex!

Jericho with a gaze sharp enough to

this. The fact I haven't yet is mercy you don't deserve. Betray me

before he could even gather his defiance, Alex's murderous

more terrifying than before, pressing Jericho to the marble floor like

instant, Jericho understood Alex had

down, snatched the box, and straightened, eyes as

taking this Heaven Root, Jericho Kane. Never cross my path again-or next time, your family tree ends

Jericho kneeling on the

echoed violently in Jericho's mind:

shabby clinic in the heart of the slums, a sleek, black limousine

the peeling walls and cracked front floor

emerald daggers, curves so perfectly

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