Chapter: 173: Purpose Fulfilled Eight months later…Eric’s phone was ringing and he was in the middle of an important meeting, discussing a new business venture with key stakeholders. His phone's vibration on the polished oak table drew everyone's attention. Glancing at the screen, he saw the hospital's number and felt his heart leap into his throat."Excuse me, I have to take this," Eric said, his voice tight with barely contained excitement. He hurried out of the conference room, his footsteps echoing down the hallway."Mr. Radcliffe, your wife is in labor. You need to come to the hospital immediately," the nurse's voice was calm but insistent.Eric didn't need to be told twice. He dashed to his car, barely registering the concerned looks from his colleagues as he sped out of the parking lot. His mind raced faster than the car, thoughts of Emily and their unborn child filling his every moment. The city blurred past him as he moved through the morning traffic, his hands gripping the steering wheel tightly.Arriving
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Chapter: 172: It's All OverEric and Mason fought fiercely on the ground, their bodies a blur of desperate, primal motion. Each punch and shove reverberated through the room, their grunts and growls of exertion echoing off the walls. Mason was furious, fueled by a dark, vengeful rage, but Eric's was driven by something far more powerful: the need to protect Emily.As they struggled, Claudia stood nearby, her gun trained on Emily. Emily’s wide, terrified eyes darted between the two men fighting and the woman holding the gun. Every muscle in her body was taut with fear.“You think you can just take my life and ruin everything, Eric?” Mason spat, shoving Eric hard enough to knock him back a few feet. Eric stumbled but quickly regained his footing, charging back at Mason with renewed fury.“Let her go, Mason!” Eric shouted, his voice hoarse. He managed to land a solid punch on Mason’s jaw, causing him to stagger.Claudia’s hands trembled slightly as she kept her gun pointed at Emily. “Eric, just stop! This doesn’t
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Chapter: 171: Facing The EnemyEric gripped the steering wheel, his knuckles white, as he followed Mason's cryptic directions through the darkening landscape. The sun had already set, and shadows loomed large on the sides of the road. His phone, on speaker, rested in the holder on the dashboard, Mason's sinister voice crackling through the static."Turn left at the next junction," Mason instructed. "Drive another mile, then take the dirt road on your right."Eric glanced in his rearview mirror. The police, in unmarked cars, maintained a safe distance, careful not to alert anyone to their presence. They were his silent backup, his safety net.As nightfall blanketed the surroundings, Eric's anxiety grew. He navigated the twists and turns, the dirt road growing rougher as he approached the abandoned house. His headlights cast eerie shadows on the dilapidated structure ahead.Eric parked the car and stepped out, his phone still pressed to his ear. Mason's voice guided him, directing him toward the entrance."Walk strai
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Chapter: 170: The Phone CallEric sat in the police station, his mind a whirlwind of fear and frustration. Detectives and officers buzzed around him, discussing strategies and leads, but all Eric could think about was Emily. The clock was ticking, and each passing second felt like a century.Suddenly, his phone vibrated in his pocket, jolting him from his thoughts. The number on the screen was unknown. With a sinking feeling, he stepped outside the station to take the call, seeking a moment of privacy amidst the chaos."Hello?" Eric answered, his voice tense."Eric Radcliffe," a cold, mocking voice replied. "Or should I say, Mr. Radcliffe? It's been a while."Eric's grip tightened on the phone. "Mason," he spat. "What the hell do you want?"Mason's sinister laugh echoed through the line. "Straight to the point, as always. I have Emily. And if you ever want to see her and your precious baby alive again, you'll do exactly as I say."Eric's heart pounded in his chest, a mix of rage and terror coursing through him. "
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Chapter: 169: Hurting EmilyMason Hargraves navigated the winding, overgrown path leading to the abandoned house, his footsteps crunching on the gravel. He pushed open the creaking door and stepped inside, greeted by the musty smell of decay. Claudia was waiting for him in the living room, her arms crossed and a satisfied smirk playing on her lips."Mason," she greeted, her voice dripping with malice. "Everything's going according to plan.""Good," Mason replied, a cruel glint in his eyes. "Let's get this over with."Claudia led him to the basement door, her heels clicking on the wooden floor. She unlocked it and motioned for Mason to follow her down the narrow, dark stairs. At the bottom, a single flickering bulb cast eerie shadows on the concrete walls. Emily was huddled in a corner, her wrists bound, her face streaked with tears.Mason approached her slowly, his eyes narrowing as he took in her disheveled appearance. "Emily," he said softly, almost tenderly, though his words were laced with venom. "I never
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Chapter: 168: FearEric stood in his spacious office, the sunlight streaming in through the floor-to-ceiling windows showing a warm glow over the room. He was meticulously arranging documents for an upcoming meeting with his staff and overseas collaborators. The stakes were high, and the presentation needed to be flawless. Yet, despite the impending meeting, a soft smile played on Eric's lips as he thought about Emily, his fiancée.Slipping his phone from his pocket, he decided to call her. He wanted to hear her voice, a sweet reassurance amidst the chaos of his day. He dialed her number and waited, the smile still lingering.The phone rang, but there was no answer. He frowned slightly, dialing again. Still nothing. A hint of worry started to creep in. Emily usually answered his calls, especially since she knew how busy his schedule could get. Just then, his phone buzzed with an incoming call. It was one of the bodyguards assigned to Emily."Mr. Radcliffe," the guard's voice was tense. "We have a situ
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Chapter: 188: The End Or A New Beginning?Three months later."It's a boy," Liam was trying to keep a straight face but he was woefully failing at it."And?" Avery raised a brow as she put some documents aside. She was in her office and Liam just bursted in without even knocking."We did genetic testing and it turns out that he's truly mine," he told the truth at last and fist-pumped the air in excitement."That's great news, Liam. Congratulations," Avery offered Liam a genuine smile but she still remained in her sitting position."It's still incredulous that I have a son," Liam put his hands on his waist and stared at the ceiling."It feels surreal, right?" Avery asked."He was so tiny that I was afraid he'd fall from my arms," Liam blurted out."And the mother, how is she?" Avery swiftly changed the topic."Chloe is still on treatment, she delivered the child through CS," Liam informed her."She needs a lot of rest, it wasn't easy at all," Avery finally left her seat and went to stand beside Liam."I wish it wasn't her but
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Chapter: 187: Justice It was sort of hard to leave the Cabin when Avery immediately passed out right after Liam embraced her. And there was Stevie-Lou, who couldn't even walk because of the bullet wound she had. It was completely dark outside, almost past 9 PM and Liam could still hear the sirens from afar. Quickly, he put an unconscious Avery on his back before going over to the other room to check up on Stevie-Lou.She was sitting on the floor, her face was dried with tears and her leg was still bleeding."It's all over, Stevie, I'll get you out of here," Liam said softly but Stevie-Lou couldn't even look at him.Liam put Avery on the floor before hurrying to Stevie-Lou's side so he could cut off the ropes from her body since she was tied to a chair as well."I am so sorry, Liam. It's all my fault," She apologized when Liam finally cut off the last of the ropes, and it was obvious that she felt guilty over luring him there."No, don't apologize. Nothing is your fault," Liam didn't mind. At that moment
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Chapter: 186: Ticking Time Bomb"Shit, shit, shit!" Liam swore out loud because he was trying as much as he could to free himself from the ropes, but he could not. He had been trying for the past two minutes and the time bomb on Avery's body was reading 5:22 seconds. And Avery was still unconscious."Avery, wake up!" Liam called out to her.Still nothing. She was unmoving, still in the exact position she was left, while the bomb was still ticking."Wake up, please. You can't die this way. We need to get the bomb from your body. If anyone deserves to live then it's you." The whole room was already smelling like death.And Liam could hear Stevie-lou's sobs from the other room.This was worse than he ever thought.His enemies tricked him, made him sign all his fortune to them and then they ran away, leaving him to die along with the two women who mattered to him.Liam let out a shuddered breath when Avery began stirring until she flicked her eyes open."Avery, can you hear me?" Liam called out to her while she stared
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Chapter: 185: Enemies Won?"Hello, Liam. We have a little surprise for you," Hunter returned with a smirk and then he rubbed his hands together as if he just did a job well done."Where's Avery, what have you done to her?" Liam couldn't help but ask because his heart was already quaking in his chest from the fear of losing Avery."You should see for yourself, don't you think?" Hunter still had his smirk resting on his face.And at this, Liam took a rough gulp. Afraid that they had killed Avery Duffer.Gibson and Ted Price returned, and they didn't untie Liam from the chair, afraid if they did, he would gain the strength to fight back. So they just carried him along with the chair and took him into another room in the cabin.And the sight that greeted Liam would have sent him to his feet if he wasn't already tied to the chair.Avery was still unconscious and she had a ticking time bomb to her body."What have you done!?" Liam was already trembling in his seat, he could feel his heart rising to his throat. "Hurr
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Chapter: 184: The FightFour hours ago…Avery knew something was up with the way Liam left without paying any attention to her. Normally, he always noticed her but this time he did not. He even ignored her when she called out to him, and it was rather strange.She was about to hop into her car to trail after him when she saw Gibson, the traitor approaching her."Hello there, Avery Duffer," Gibson offered her a little smile as he stopped in front of her and put his hands right behind him.Avery waited for Liam to drive off before she turned to Gibson."You," she sneered at him."Come on now, you can't say you hate me because of what happened," Gibson cast her an innocent look."Your audacity is stinky, sir," Avery insulted, with her eyes showing him how much she was upset with him.And the man chuckled, clearly amused by the way she just spoke to him."How dare you show up here and act like it's not a big deal to betray Liam?" Avery gritted out as she covered the distance between them. He was taller, old enou
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Chapter: 183: Torture (II)They hit Liam with whatever they could find and beat him black and blue until his face was battered and his vision was blurry."We'll only let you live on one condition," panted Hunter as he wiped his bloodied fist on his shirt.Liam's face was already swollen enough that his voice sounded groggy when he tried to speak."Sign these papers and pass out all your inheritance to us, and then we'll let you go without killing you," said Charlotte."And of course the gold, you need to give us the gold," Hunter added.Liam's head fell to his side, he was in so much pain that it hurt to even stay awake."Speak up now or you'll be gone in a matter of seconds," Hunter cocked his gun and aimed it at Liam.And this reminded him of the nightmare he had on two occasions. The one where he dreamt about his downfall and death, and it generated panic attacks which he never had.The nightmare was manifesting itself, even though the people whom he found in the dream weren't complete.Even though it was ju
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Chapter: 163: AgainIt was time to leave. All the squad had gathered at Macey's home to help November and his mom pack. Captain, Styles, Edmond, Jeremy and Presley. Bradley didn't pay any attention to Sheriff Brightside who still held a grudge toward him for killing his deputy three months ago.Bradley was there because of November. Macey had managed to get her act together, she pulled November away from everyone so she could speak with him."Will you save people if aliens show up there?" She asked him, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear."Why, yes. I'm not the Mysterious N for nothing," November gave out a slight shoulder shrug then smiled at Macey."I'll take it that we wouldn't have been best friends if this alien invasion never took place?" "You're right. We were the weird and the bullied."Macey smiled but it didn't reach her eyes."And I have loved you this entire time," she confessed at last, stunning November who had his eyes raised in their sockets.He accidentally flew up to the sky, le
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Chapter: 162: JusticeIt reached the day for the court case to take place, something which everyone had been anticipating. Noah wheeled himself into the gallery, whilst his body guard followed suit. Scott was standing in the dock and facing the jugde, whilst everyone was seated in the gallery. Waiting for everything to begin. November sat beside his mother, he was wearing a suit that day. He and his squad had been busy, going over to meet the men Noah had bribed and threatening them. It was quite easy and they had all agreed to do the right thing. This was unbeknownst to Noah, who had thought things would end up in his favor that day.And then the case began, with that the families of Abulterin victim narrating how the drugs had killed their loved once. Noah was boiling in his seat but he managed to blew out calm breaths to ease himself.Scott Andrews, his step brother narrated everything from how it all began. How Noah had refused to listen to him when Albuterin started killing people.Harriet Calhoun
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Chapter: 161: CaughtThe following day, Atticus lab was in Chaos. Something no one had expected because they were focused on how Marion county had been calm without any alien attacks in the past week.There were reporters and cops everywhere. Arresting scientists and taking shots of them.Nothing could be done at this because Commander Rodney Brown was assassinated the previous day and all his soldiers had evacuated from Atticus lab. So it was free for cops and reporters to bage in at their own will.A footage had been leaked of what they actually did in the lab. And it was Presley, the ice boy who had made his way to the the lab. It turned out that he could also make himself invisible. So he went there and took a video of what they did to this quirky teens who they had kept locked up.This was shocking to everyone because something similar had happened six weeks ago but the Mayor had covered it up, claiming it was an edited video. Except they came to know that it was real and that terrible things were do
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Chapter: 160: The Monster's End November knew that he couldn't let the Many-faced alien stay alive, because his friends were afraid.The look that had been on their faces when they saw the Many-faced alien for the first time was something that was still on his mind. He couldn't leave Marion County without destroying this thing that made aliens and everything attack and kill people. He wasn't stupid.That evening, he wore his super suit and vanished through his window. He didn't wanted anyone to know what he's up to, because they might want to tag alone. Something which he didn't want because he did things quicker when he did them alone.And to think of how he had suffered in the desert for four days, it made his blood boil.His mind drifted of to the non-existent Sebastian, and he puffed out a low breath. He couldn't believe he had fallen in love with an alien, thinking it was a boy who was real. His best friend.November still hurt over this, but he had learned to control his emotions. He believed such was life an
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Chapter: 159: To Avenge His SonProsecutor Adams found his way into Chase's ward. It was late in the afternoon when he went there, because he had been choked up with work until he received the news.Tears welled up in his eyes when he saw his son on the hospital bed, covered in bandages with a breathing tube in his mouth.Chase who was vibrant, hothead and always did thing in his own way, looked almost dead. Had life support on him on that very day.It was the worse sight a father could ever see. Way too much for him to bear that he held onto the wall for support, because his legs threatened to give out underneath him.Prosecutor wondered who had done such a thing to his only son. Because it seemed as though they wanted to kill him. They completely destroyed his face.Who it could be. The man couldn't help but ponder deeply over this, whilst fighting against the urge to scream.It was way too much for him to handle that he fought against the urge to cry. For the sixteen years he had looked after his boy, he had neve
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Chapter: 158: The ReleaseNoah Allen was released the next day. Prosecutor Adams had made some arrangements and he was let out of the cell.He was glad because he had the power to do whatever he wanted. He just got arrested two days ago and now he was out.Unbeknownst that it took Prosecutor Adams quite a long time to convince the head people into telling Sheriff Brightside to free Noah.Sheriff Brightside was utterly disappointed. There was nothing he could do about it. His superiors had given him the order to release Noah Allen, but there was an incoming case in the following week. Because Scott had already filed a report. He had reached out to the families of Abulterin victims with help from Harriet Calhoun, November's mother.Sheriff Brightside was in a sour mood for the rest of that day, he had thought he would be able to keep Noah locked up there for a couple of weeks, but his superiors reproved this.The flashback of Macey on the floor, in the pool of her own blood was exasperating because it was Noah w
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