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!"

panic-driven hysteria, each threat

mafia, the gangs-you're now marked by every

Even gods and

his eyes icy, his voice

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

fate."

voice exploded through the din, his eyes burning with rage

regret this until your

"Regret is for cowards. If the Duponts hunger for revenge, tell them I await

a mocking laugh sliced through the turmoil-Kelly Kingston stepped

forget I'm right here beside him. Side with Dupont if you dare,

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

whispered one man gravely, and murmurs of grim agreement

ignited between

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quietly as they walked out into the night, "are yet

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

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

we?" Alex raised an eyebrow,

leaned in conspiratorially, her voice

Kingwell. With the King's backing, we hold absolute powera crush rebellion. The

this festering infection together." "Fair enough," Alex laughed softly, his tension

uncontrollably. "Quick inform the Dupont

shadowed council chambers, Conrad

smugly addressing the four influential Lords of

of Vermont's underworld," Conrad

families have pledged their loyalty to 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 up and

the other

heard they're under the direct protection of the new king. If that's true, we're dealing with forces far beyond ordinary

lord

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

hiding something shameful-he's kept his secrets sealed tight. Didn't say a

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