1426 BONUS

Chapter 267

With a disdainhil Mick of his wilst, Alex hurled Henry's lifeless body aside like a worthless sark of garbage.

Henry's coipse crashed onto the marble floor with a sickening tho, landing heavily at Shane and the others' fest – a brutal, undeniable message to anyone foolish enough to side with Dupon

Henry's glassy eyes stared into the void, frozen in an eternal mask of horror and disbelief.

Even in death, he couldn't comprehend how Alex had dared to strike him down.

His once untouchable states, his inherited power, his self-assured invincibility-all shattered in an instant, exposed as á hollow lie.

A collective gasp echoed through the grand hall, followed by stunned silence.

The onlookers stood paralyzed, disbelief etched on their pale, stricken faces.

They stared numbly at the fallen heir, unable to reconcile this impossible nightmare unfolding before their eyes.

The pride of the city, the golden son of wealth and power, was now nothing more than a corpse discarded on the

Reality shattered into chaos as panicked whispers rapidly swelled into a roar of frantic accusations and disbelief.

"Have you lost your damned mind?! You-you actually murdered Henry?" shrieked

a businessman, eyes bulging in terror as if staring at a demon.

floor.

Alex's act was more than murder-it was a direct assault against power, a commoner daring to slay a king.

It was ruthless, unforgivable, suicidal.

"You absolute lunatic! You've sealed your fate! There's no place in this world you can run to now!" Shane shouted, his voice cracking under sheer panic.

"The Dupont family will bury you alive along with everyone you've ever cared for!"

in panic-driven hysteria, each threat sharper

Duponts own Chicago! They've got the mafia, the gangs-you're now marked by every thug and

dare spill Dupont blood? Even gods and demons won't shelter you

his eyes icy, his

to kill Henry Dupont. Remember that clearly. Don't provoke me, and you'll remain alive.

fate."

exploded through the din, his eyes burning with rage

deranged! You'll regret

If the Duponts hunger

laugh sliced through the turmoil-Kelly Kingston

here beside him. Side with Dupont if you dare, but brace yourself-the

arm, both turning their backs on the pale-faced elites. Stunned silence hung heavily

man gravely, and murmurs of grim agreement rippled through the

had officially ignited between Vermont

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they walked out into the night, "are yet truly

submission. If we'd let their step on us now, they'd never siap grinding us

truck illuminated by twinkling city lights, Kelly added sharply, “Dupont

we?" Alex raised an eyebrow,

in conspiratorially, her

we hold absolute powera crush rebellion.

not for his concern for national stability. Let's clean out this festering infection together." "Fair enough," Alex laughed softly, his tension dissolving beneath the starlit sky. They lingered there, confident and defiant, ready for whatever

spiraled uncontrollably. "Quick inform the Dupont

shadowed

the four influential

already seized control of Vermont's underworld,"

me. With your influence added to the mix, Vermont won't just be a territory — it'll be a feast. A fat, ripe prize we can carve

one of the other lords mused

heard they're under

another lord chimed in

Los Angeles, let alone Vermont. Speaking of which, what exactly did Jericho Kane

"Jericho's hiding something shameful-he's

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