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CHAPTER 783
Tedmond’s words didn’t just dismiss Perseia; they cut through the room like a blade, severing her from the family she was trying to protect.Perseia’s arms dropped to her sides, her fingers curling into white-knuckled fists. She stared at Tedmond, shock flashing in her eyes, followed by a cold fury.Then she let out a short, sharp chuckle.“You didn’t just say that,” she whispered, her voice edged with dark amusement. She straightened, her tone hardening.“The Damon family is more than capable of protecting me, Tedmond. More importantly, we can handle the burden you’re trying to carry alone.”Her gaze flicked to Persis, then back.“Fine,” she hissed, closing the distance. “But don’t think you’re dumping my sister and your mother in some sterile Swiss bunker like evidence.”“I was thinking of a vacation anyway. The Damon estate in the South of France is empty. It’s a fortress, Tedmond.”“Private coast, signal jammers he can’t crack, and security that doesn’t exist on any public regist
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Tedmond’s jaw tightened. "What’s that?""He forgot that you don't build a kingdom on sand," Millicent said. "You build it on the bones of those who tried to take it."The raw, primal rage in Tedmond settled into something far more dangerous: a cold, calculated resolve. He looked at Persis, his gaze softening for a heartbeat before turning to flint."I’m not going to burn the city, Perseia," Tedmond said. "Burning is too quick. It’s too merciful."He walked to the desk and picked up a black burner phone. As he tapped a few commands, a list of encrypted coordinates scrolled across the screen. "I am going to buy every building he owns. I am going to seize every bank account he has ever touched. I am going to find every person he has ever loved, and I am going to show them exactly what happens when you try to turn a Washington into art."Persis stood, the blanket sliding from her shoulders. She walked over to him, her eyes reflecting the amber light. "Don't just take his things, Tedmo
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Tedmond stepped out of the car like a wraith of war. He stood back, giving the sisters their moment, but his eyes never left them. He looked at Perseia, and for the first time in their antagonistic history, there was a silent truce, a shared understanding of the cost of the last two hours."She’s fine, Perseia," Tedmond said quietly.Perseia’s eyes hardened. "She’d better be. Because if she wasn't, I wouldn't have waited for you to find the Architect. I would have started with the people you pay to watch her."Tedmond didn't argue. He simply nodded, accepting the weight of the failure.From the top of the stairs, a softer shadow emerged. Millicent stood there, supported by a nurse and the heavy doorframe. She looked fragile in the fading twilight, her lavender shawl wrapped tight, but her gaze was as sharp as a diamond.Persis gently detangled herself from Perseia and walked up the steps. She stopped a foot away from Millicent, struck by the weight of what her mother had endured.
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Tedmond’s gaze darted from Persis to the assassin."No," Tedmond said, stepping forward a single inch. "If I drop the gun, I lose my leverage. If I keep it, I have a choice. And right now, I’m looking for a reason to give you one, too."Persis gasped for air, the cold steel biting into her skin. She saw Tedmond’s eyes flicker, not to her, but to the glass floor beneath the assassin's boots. He was calculating the structural integrity of the mezzanine after the interceptor’s impact."You want a way out," Tedmond continued, his voice weaving a web of magnetic logic. "The Architect failed you. He gave you a faulty uplink and an armored van that Albert cracked in four minutes.”“He sent you here to die as a distraction. Why be a martyr for a man who considers you a draft?""He'll find me," she whispered, her grip faltering."He won't have time," Tedmond countered. "Because here is how this ends. Option one: you kill her. If you do, I will not shoot you.”“I will walk over there, and I w
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Back in the studio, Persis lunged. Her fingers scraped the polished floor as the glass mezzanine vibrated under her weight. The remote was a small, black plastic rectangle, but in this moment, it was the detonator for Millicent’s life.The red LED blinked faster. A heartbeat. A countdown."Don't!" Persis screamed, her hand finally closing over the device.But the woman wasn't finished. Despite her shattered ribs and the blood soaking her turtleneck, she was a professional. She didn't reach for the remote; she reached for the heavy iron chair Persis had just vacated. With a primal roar, she kicked the base, sending the metal skittering across the glass toward Persis’s head.Persis rolled. The iron leg whistled past her ear and smashed into a stack of softbox lights. An explosion of glass and electricity showered her in sparks, the smell of ozone filling her lungs.She scrambled to her feet, the remote clutched to her chest. She looked at the screen:SIGNAL STRENGTH: 98%... 99%
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The humid, ozone-scented air of the studio thickened as the woman’s finger danced over the red button. Persis felt the blood returning to her right hand in a painful, prickling rush, but she remained perfectly still, her spine pressed against the iron rungs of the chair."Blind?" Persis repeated. Her voice dropped into the low, dangerous register she usually reserved for closing a case. "Tedmond isn't blind. He just sees things you haven't accounted for, like the fact that I’m more than just a ‘subject’ in your gallery."The woman laughed, a short, sharp sound that died before it reached her eyes. She finally turned away from the monitors, stepping toward Persis with her camera raised."You’re not a lawyer here, Persis. You don't fight with words and paper. In this room, physics is the only law that matters. And the physics say you’re tied to a chair while your husband drives into a furnace.""Physics," Persis whispered, her eyes tracking the woman’s every shift in weight. "I've
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