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 than the

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

spill Dupont blood? Even gods and demons won't

clamor, Alex stood unshaken, his eyes icy, his voice chillingly

Don't provoke me, and you'll remain alive. Cross

fate."

voice exploded through the din, his

deranged! You'll regret this until

across Alex's lips. "Regret is for cowards. If the

mocking laugh sliced through the turmoil-Kelly Kingston stepped

beside him. Side with Dupont if you dare, but brace yourself-the backlash won't

the pale-faced elites. Stunned silence hung heavily

gravely, and murmurs of grim agreement rippled

ignited

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"are yet truly prepared for this storm?" Absolutely," she answered flercely, eyes

let their step on us now, they'd never

lights, Kelly added sharply, “Dupont will undoubtedly stir trouble in

exactly are we?" Alex raised

conspiratorially, her

With the King's backing, we hold absolute powera

together." "Fair enough," Alex laughed softly, his tension dissolving beneath the starlit sky. They lingered there, confident and defiant, ready

inside the banquet hall, panic spiraled uncontrollably. "Quick inform the Dupont family! That maniac will pay dearly for

within Chicago's shadowed council chambers,

addressing the four influential Lords of

of Vermont's underworld," Conrad

Vermont won't just be a territory — it'll be a feast. A fat, ripe prize we can carve up and

the other lords

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

lord chimed

Kingston wouldn't have been able to dominate Los Angeles, let alone Vermont. Speaking of which, what exactly did Jericho Kane say about handing the

another lord's face. "Jericho's hiding something shameful-he's kept his

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