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!"

overlapped in panic-driven hysteria, each

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

blood? Even gods and demons won't shelter

stood unshaken, his eyes icy, his voice chillingly

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

fate."

his eyes burning with rage

Completely deranged! You'll regret this until your last agonizing

smirk spread across Alex's lips. "Regret is for cowards. If the Duponts hunger for revenge, tell

through the

right here beside him. Side with Dupont

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

is war," whispered one man gravely, and murmurs of grim agreement rippled through the stunned

ignited between Vermont and

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the night, "are yet truly prepared for this storm?"

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

added sharply, “Dupont will undoubtedly stir trouble in Vermont. Let them. They underestimate

we?" Alex raised an eyebrow,

leaned in conspiratorially, her

With the King's backing, we hold absolute powera

King would've exterminated already 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

spiraled uncontrollably. "Quick inform the Dupont family! That maniac will pay dearly for

shadowed council chambers, Conrad

addressing the four influential Lords

seized control of Vermont's underworld," Conrad

to the mix, Vermont won't just be a territory — it'll

of the other lords mused

pushover. Even though they started from the poorest state, Vancouver, I've heard they're under the direct protection of

lord chimed in

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

spread across another lord's face. "Jericho's hiding something shameful-he's

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