Alex stood silent and still, watching Ophelia weep inconsolably over David's motionless body.

Suddenly, David's eyes fluttered open, startling everyone nearby. Gasps rippled through the stunned crowd, disbelief etched across every face.

"Impossible," a bewildered customer muttered. "I saw him take that bullet right in the chest!"

"David!" Ophelia's voice trembled with hope and disbelief.

"Are you alright? Is this real?"

David stared down, incredulous, pressing his hand against his chest.

Blood stained his shirt, the fabric torn and wet, but beneath his fingertips, there was just a small wound.

The bullet had pierced his clothes and skins but stopped short, leaving only a superficial injury.

"Am I...bulletproof?" David whispered, astonished.

Across the room, Alex leaned casually against the table, his lips twisted into a subtle, knowing smirk.

At the very instant Luther had fired his weapon, Alex had silently channeled his protective aura, wrapping David's body in an unseen shield.

Though the impact had been violent, the bullet had lost its deadly force, leaving only superficial damage.

The paramedics arrived swiftly, bewildered to find David conscious, suffering nothing worse than a shallow gash.

Still, they carefully placed him onto a stretcher, administering treatment.

Ophelia clung to his side, relief and lingering terror breaking fresh tears loose from her eyes.

"I thought I'd lost you forever," she whispered, her voice raw and shaking.

David reached up gently, tracing her tear-streaked cheek. The memories flooded back-her beauty, their shared pain, their years apart.

"Ophelia," he said firmly, his voice full of renewed resolve.

"I've been given another chance. This time, I'll make everything right."

They embraced fiercely, holding tight to each other, bound by relief and renewed determination.

Across town, Charles drove Luther swiftly toward the Morgan mansion.

Pulling into the grand entrance, Luther leaped from the vehicle and demanded of the butler, "Where's my mother?"

Before the butler could respond, Brian and several bodyguards charged forward, tackling Luther roughly to the floor.

"What the hell are you idiots doing?!" Luther roared, struggling against their grasp.

"My father already dead! I'm your boss now! Let me up!"

in coldly, pinning

called-he said you

gasped,

nodded grimly. "Yeah.

looming danger,

into the car, slamming the accelerator. Tires

it!" Brian shouted. "Close

straight through the iron barrier, metal shrieking

later, Charles guided the battered vehicle toward a secluded estate, one Luther

stacks of cash and a neat pile of gold bars. He shoved everything into a backpack, muttering

newfound fortune secured, Charles sped away from the mansion, memories of his last conversation with his mother echoing sharply

father won't help," she'd told him days

angered someone powerful. Lay low, and money will find you

laughed bitterly. "Lay low? How long can anyone

"Patience, Charles," she'd pleaded.

is just theater. He hasn't cut you from the inheritance.

his teeth, clarity cutting

nor anyone

his sister

lips

true enemy had always been one man:

the governorship of Los Angeles-the

that came with it-would all belong

filled the car,

knew every detail of his father's routine, every

Kingston

grip on the

his last breath. And not a soul

would ever guess that the killer was his

"I need the final piece of the Emerald Elixir. And the

tone a threat wrapped in

"Sophia."

city plunged into darkness, neon lights painting the night club in vivid shades of sorrow

herself shot by shot,

Megan watched helplessly, anxiety carving lines across her youthful face. She'd never seen Sophia unravel

abandoned her fierce front, ignoring calls, emails, and

the cause, and Megan wondered bitterly if any man was

had enough. Let's

shook with desperation, her hand lightly touching Sophia's

and brittle like broken glass. "Leave me alone, Megan. When I drink, everything fades

the fiery burn dull the crushing pain in her

of

him wrongly, yet her pride refused

face him and risk seeing the coldness

numbness, hiding behind

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