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Chapter 1075 Succession and Eviction
Hours later, the library felt less like a room in a family home and more like a corporate bunker. Gilson swirled the amber liquid in his glass, leaning against the mahogany desk he was about to vacate."Is it true?" Sandro asked, blinking as if waking from a long dream. "I am to be the CEO?""It is as you know," Gilson said, putting on a performance worthy of an Academy Award. "Ever since the news broke about Katrina... the public wants my head on a pike. They are threatening to cancel subscriptions, delete the app, the works. The Untamed just blew up; we can't let a scandal kill the hype."He pulled his smartphone from his pocket and thrust the screen toward his brother."Read it yourself."Sandro scanned the feed. It was a bloodbath. Users were posting hashtags, threatening boycotts, and demanding Gilson’s resignation.Having a daughter who was a traitor to the crown, one who had attempted to assassinate Lady Ferro, was unforgivable.What neither of them knew was that the initial wa
Chapter 1074 Terms of Surrender
Christopher paused, letting the silence last a little longer. He weighed his next words carefully, knowing how callous the truth might sound when speaking of the freshly dead."If I admit that I'm not entirely shattered by Katrina's death," he said slowly, meeting Dalila's gaze, "would that make me a heartless brother?"Dalila adjusted a spray bottle on her cart, choosing her words with diplomatic precision. "It depends on how you look at it. You can be sad for the loss of a life, and you certainly didn't wish for her death."But you are also aware that she willingly walked into danger with the intent to murder. If Katrina weren't dead right now, she would be in handcuffs.""Exactly," Christopher sighed, rubbing the back of his neck. "Either way, we lost Katrina a long time ago. I think... I think I always knew it would end something like this.""Regarding your plan to stay single," Dalila said, shifting the tone to something lighter, trying to pull him out of the dark, "don't worry t
Chapter 1073 A Slap of Reality
"And now, Mark?" Sandro asked with uncertainty. "What happens to us?"Mark offered a faint, reassuring smile. "You will continue to be my in-laws, of course. The only difference is that you’ll have to tolerate a security detail stationed around the mansion from now on.""Do we get royal titles too?" Nadir asked, her eyes lighting up.A ripple of genuine laughter moved through the room, a momentary balm that allowed them to forget, just for a second, the corpse in the morgue.Everyone laughed, except Claudia."HEY!"The sound was like a braying donkey, jarring and discordant. The laughter died instantly."Have you all forgotten a mere detail?" she screeched.Mark’s smile evaporated. He turned to face his aunt-in-law, his expression hardening into glacial ice."I don't know what you heard or what fantasy you choose to believe, Claudia," Mark said, his voice low and dangerous. "But facts are facts. Katrina broke into my home in the middle of a firefight—""Lie..." Claudia hissed through
Chapter 1072 The Morning After the Massacre
The headlines screamed in bold, uncompromising black ink across every newspaper front page and news portal in the country: ARMAND DRAKOV FINALLY DEAD!But inside the Vasconcelos Mansion, the finality of the press had not settled. The mood was gloomy with the sounds of a mother unraveling.Claudia wasn't just crying; she was convulsing on the sofa, a portrait of grief curdled into madness, unable to process the bloody result of her son's engagement party."No, no, NOOO!" Her wail bounced off the high ceilings, a raw, animalistic sound. "What is happening here, for the love of God!"The rest of the family sat in somber silence, respecting the gravity of death if not the person who died.Althea sat in her armchair like a statue carved from obsidian, dressed entirely in mourning black, her spine rigid."Honey, I am so sorry," Gilson murmured, looking diminished and stripped of his usual arrogance. "But we need to accept reality.""What reality?" Claudia snapped, her head whipping around,
Chapter 1071 No Tears for Traitors
The rhythmic thrum of rotor blades beat against the night air as military helicopters descended onto the manicured green adjacent to Ferro House.The wind from the landing gear whipped the trees, scattering leaves over the scene of the skirmish.In the surrounding mansions, fear gave way to morbid curiosity; neighbors who had cowered on their floors during the gunfire now pulled back heavy curtains, pressing their faces against the glass to witness the fallout.Lieutenant Ribeiro watched his men secure the perimeter. "We’re loading the detainees onto the birds," he said, turning to the man standing amidst the chaos. "Are you alright, Lord Ferro?"Mark didn't answer immediately. He was staring at his right hand: the hand that had ended Armand Drakov.It wasn't trembling, but it felt foreign, heavy with the weight of the reflex that had just saved his life and taken another.He hadn't consciously decided to pull the trigger; his body, trained for war, had made the decision for him."Don
Chapter 1070 The Cost of Peace
The pool deck had transformed into a tapestry of carnage. Drakov’s loyalists lay scattered across the wet tiles, either dead or writhing in agony, their groans mingling with the sharp scent of chlorine and spent gunpowder.It looked less like a high-society engagement party and more like the aftermath of a brutal ethnic conflict.Mark’s "Men in Gray" were battered, some nursing gunshot wounds, but miraculously, none had fallen.Vargas, pressing a hand against a bleeding gash in his side, waved off assistance, prioritizing the evacuation of his men and the wounded cook, Julian.Mark wiped grime and sweat from his brow, looming over his defeated enemy."Satisfied, Drakov?" Mark rasped, his chest heaving. "You provoked another massacre for absolutely nothing!"Armand glared up from the ground, blood staining his teeth, refusing to accept the reality of his defeat. "You keep blaming me... you keep pointing the finger... but which one of us is called the 'God of War,' hmm?""You never want
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