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Ethan sat in his private jet, eyes narrowed as he studied the message again.Celeste Moreau. Paris. Midnight. Come alone.As if that was going to happen.Lisa sat across from him, arms crossed. “This is a trap.”Harris, leaning against the cabin wall, smirked. “Of course it is. But when has that ever stopped him?”Ethan exhaled slowly, rolling his watch strap between his fingers. “She’s not trying to kill me.”Lisa scoffed. “Oh? She just killed your father, launched a war against Elliot Enterprises, and now she’s inviting you to a midnight rendezvous? Yeah, totally safe.”Ethan smirked. “If she wanted me dead, I wouldn’t have gotten an invitation. I’d have gotten a bullet.”Lisa rubbed her temples. “You’re actually going.”Ethan leaned forward. “Not just going. Setting the rules.”He grabbed his phone, sending a quick message. “I’ll meet her. But it’s going to be on my terms.”Paris. Midnight.The private suite in an exclusive hotel overlooked the Seine, bathed in the golden glow of t
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Ethan’s car roared through the gates of the Elliot estate, tires screeching to a halt in the driveway. He stepped out, his mind a whirlwind of thoughts.Lisa and Harris followed, both tense.The meeting with Celeste had been unexpected. Dangerous. And now, as he stared at his mansion, a cold unease settled in his chest.Something felt wrong.Lisa noticed it too. “Something’s off.”Harris pulled his gun. “Security’s supposed to be on alert.”Ethan’s instincts screamed.He strode to the entrance, typing in his personal security code. Nothing.The system had been shut down.From the inside.Lisa’s eyes widened. “What the hell?”Harris cursed under his breath. “Boss… we got a mole.”Ethan’s fingers curled into fists. Of course, we do.The Serpent doesn’t just attack from the outside. They infest.He turned to Lisa. “Run a full system check. I want to know who had access.”Lisa nodded, already pulling up her tablet. “If they think they can infiltrate us, we’ll make them regret it.”Harris
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Ethan stood in the center of the Elliot estate’s private war room, surrounded by his closest allies—Lisa, Harris, and his top executives. The air was thick with tension.A traitor was among them.Ethan’s gaze swept across the room. Every face. Every movement. Every breath.“Someone in this circle has been feeding The Serpent information,” he said, voice calm but laced with ice. “I don’t need confessions. I don’t need excuses. I need the truth.”Silence.Lisa leaned forward, arms crossed. “Here’s how this works. We’re running full background checks on every one of you—emails, bank records, calls. If there’s even a whisper of betrayal, we’ll find it.”Harris cracked his knuckles. “And when we do?” He smiled coldly. “Let’s just say I’ve been itching to make an example out of someone.”One of the executives, Mason, shifted uncomfortably. “Come on, Ethan. We’ve been with you for years. You really think one of us would—”Ethan’s eyes snapped to him.Mason shut up.Lisa exhaled sharply. “The
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Ethan sat alone in his study, the heavy leather-bound file spread open before him. The dim glow of his desk lamp cast eerie shadows over the pages, illuminating the words that threatened to redefine everything.The prophecy.The truth.His lineage had never been about control of Elliot Enterprises. That was just the surface. The real power, the real throne, had always been tied to something much older. Something darker.The Serpent was never an enemy.It was a legacy.His family had never just been businessmen. They had been kings in the underworld, bound to The Serpent since its inception. Every Elliot heir had been tested, their paths shaped to determine who was worthy.And Ethan?He wasn’t just another successor.He was the chosen one.His grip tightened on the edges of the paper. His grandfather had known. His father had known. Even Dominic—useless as he was—had been a piece in a much bigger game.But why didn’t they tell me?A hollow laugh escaped him. Because they knew he’d neve
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The city was silent in the early hours before dawn, but Ethan’s mind was anything but. The weight of his decision pressed against his chest like an iron hand. He stood in his office, staring at the documents spread out before him—the prophecy, the history, the undeniable truth of his lineage.The Serpent wasn’t just a syndicate. It wasn’t just an underworld power. It was a dynasty, and he was its heir.His phone buzzed again. Celeste."Time’s up, Ethan. Make your choice."His jaw clenched. She always knew how to twist the knife. Always knew how to push him toward the fire while pretending to offer him shelter.Lisa's words still echoed in his head. You always have a choice.But did he?Did he really?A knock at the door. Not a timid one. A solid, demanding knock."Come in," he said, his voice steady, masking the chaos in his head.Lisa stepped inside, her eyes dark with frustration. She had been watching him for hours, waiting for him to come to a decision. Now, she wasn’t willing to
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Lisa’s eyes narrowed. “Then what are you going to do?”He grabbed his phone and finally responded to Celeste’s message."Meet me at the tower. Dawn."Lisa’s shoulders tensed. “You’re walking into her trap.”Ethan glanced at her. “No, Lisa.” His smirk turned deadly. “She’s walking into mine.”The sky was painted in soft shades of violet and gold as the sun crept over the city skyline. From the rooftop of Elliot Tower, Ethan stood waiting.The wind was sharp against his skin, but his mind was sharper.He heard the footsteps before he saw her.Celeste walked onto the rooftop with the confidence of a queen arriving at her coronation. Dressed in black, her every movement was calculated. Two of her guards flanked her, their hands never straying far from their weapons.“You came,” she said smoothly, stopping a few feet away.Ethan met her gaze, his expression unreadable. “You told me I had until dawn to choose my path.”Celeste smiled, slow and knowing. “And?”He took a step closer, lowering
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Lisa stepped even closer, her voice low and fierce. “You built this empire with your own hands. Not because of some prophecy. Not because of them. You made this happen.”Ethan met her gaze. “And if every move I made was exactly what they wanted all along?”Lisa faltered for the briefest second. But she didn’t back down.“You’re not them,” she said. “You never were.”Ethan exhaled, looking back at the cityscape beyond his window.“I might not have been,” he murmured. “But maybe I have to be.”Lisa’s voice softened. “If you take that throne, you become everything you swore to destroy.”He turned to her. “And if I don’t, everything I swore to protect gets destroyed anyway.”Silence stretched between them.Then, his phone buzzed again."Dawn. The Tower. Last chance."Ethan straightened, the decision solidifying in his mind.“I need you to trust me, Lisa.”She searched his eyes, trying to find something—anything—that told her he wasn’t about to become the very monster he spent his life fig
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The war had started.And Celeste wasn’t wasting time.Ethan barely had a moment to process the files in his hands before his phone buzzed again—another crisis, another strike. His enemies weren’t waiting for him to move. They were already cutting down his people, one by one.He gritted his teeth as he picked up the call. “Talk.”Terminator X’s voice came through, sharp and urgent. “Mike’s car exploded. He got out just in time, but he’s injured.”Ethan’s grip tightened around his phone. “How bad?”“Enough that he won’t be on his feet anytime soon. The explosion took out half the street. He got lucky.”Lucky. Right. If getting nearly blown to pieces counted as luck.Ethan ran a hand through his hair, his mind working at full speed. Celeste wasn’t just making a statement. She was eliminating everyone who stood between him and the throne.Another buzz. Another message.[Unknown Sender: Bridge. West End. Now.]His stomach twisted.Terminator X must have heard the shift in his breathing. “W
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Lisa took a slow step forward.Ethan’s mind screamed at him.This was a trick.A test.A lie.But Lisa’s voice was soft. Steady. Too steady.“You shouldn’t have come, Ethan.”His breath hitched. “What have they done to you?”Emery sighed dramatically. “You always assume the worst.”Ethan’s fists clenched. “I assume reality.”Lisa’s gaze flickered. A hesitation. A fracture.But it was gone too quickly.Lisa exhaled. “Maybe they were right.”Ethan froze.No. No. No.Lisa’s voice dropped to a whisper.“Maybe you were never meant to win.”Ethan’s body locked up.Everything inside him rebelled.No.This wasn’t her.This wasn’t Lisa.She was the only person who ever saw him for who he was.And now?She stood beside his enemies.His mind whispered possibilities.Had they broken her?Had they convinced her?Or—Had she made this choice?His throat burned.Because if this was real?If Lisa had truly turned?Then Ethan had already lost the only war that mattered.Emery watched him carefully. Am
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Lisa’s location was still a ghost in the system.No ransom demands. No further messages.Just silence.And Ethan?He was done waiting.He turned to Malik. “We hit the heart of their operations next.”Malik’s brows furrowed. “Their New York hub?”Ethan nodded. “It’s where their financial brokers operate. We take it down, they lose billions overnight.”Mike sighed, rubbing his temple. “Ethan, if you do this, there’s no going back.”Ethan met his gaze. “I don’t want to go back.”Mike exhaled. “Alright. But you realize, the moment we make this move—”“They’ll send everything they have at us.” Lisa’s voice echoed in Ethan’s memory.He welcomed it.The New York operation was a fortress.Private security. Encrypted networks. Layers of protection.But nothing was impenetrable.Ethan’s team moved fast and mercilessly.Lisa had taught him that precision was power.And tonight?He was wielding it like a goddamn blade.Lisa would have smirked at his strategy—blitz attacks, coordinated strikes, an
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Because every option led to the same path.A trap.Lisa was strong. But even she couldn’t fight forever.And The Dominion?They didn’t take hostages.They took pawns.And when they were done?They erased them.Mike clenched his fists. “Ethan. You know she’d never forgive you if you surrendered.”Ethan’s gaze darkened. “Who said I was surrendering?”Mike exhaled. “Alright. What’s the play?”Ethan’s mind was already moving.They had 24 hours.That meant The Dominion was stalling for something.Maybe repositioning. Maybe securing their next move.It didn’t matter.Lisa didn’t have 24 hours.Ethan turned to Malik, their black-market contact. “You still have ties to the underground trafficking rings?”Malik hesitated. “Yeah. Why?”Ethan’s voice was deadly calm. “Because that’s where they’ll keep her.”Mike’s jaw clenched. “How do you know?”Ethan exhaled. “Because The Dominion doesn’t use cells or prisons. They use commerce.”Lisa wasn’t being imprisoned.She was being sold.Lisa fought ag
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The first Reaper moved fast—a blur of black against the flames.Lisa pivoted first. “Two o’clock.”Ethan fired—one precise shot.The Reaper dropped.Lisa exhaled. “That’s one.”Mike lobbed a flare into the open field.Light. Distraction. Misdirection.It worked.The Reapers hesitated—just for a second.Ethan seized the moment. They ran.They barely made it past the tree line when the real trap snapped shut.A figure moved from the shadows, fast, silent.A blade pressed against Lisa’s throat.Her gun was gone.Ethan turned sharply, gun raised—too slow.The Reaper behind Lisa tilted his head.And then?He leaned in.A whisper, so low Ethan barely heard it—“Your queen belongs to us now.”Lisa’s eyes widened.And in that moment of distraction—They struck.A blade flashed. Blood sprayed.Ethan fired. Twice.The Reaper staggered back.Lisa kicked out—hard.They broke free.But it was too late.The message had been sent.Lisa was now a target.They didn’t stop running.Not until they reach
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The team regrouped on a private jet, flying out over international waters.Lisa let out a breath. “I can’t believe we pulled that off.”Malik laughed. “Seven billion dollars. And a ruined Dominion asset. Not bad.”Ethan leaned back in his seat, but his mind wasn’t at ease.Because he knew.This was just the beginning.Mike watched him carefully. “You think they’ll retaliate?”Ethan smirked. “They won’t just retaliate.”Lisa swallowed. “They’ll come for blood.”Ethan exhaled slowly, staring at the screen in front of him.Because his phone had another message waiting.A single line.“You’re in deeper than you think, Ethan.”And then?Another message.“You were never stealing from us. You were taking back what was always meant to be yours.”Ethan’s blood ran cold.Lisa read over his shoulder. “What the hell does that mean?”Mike’s face darkened. “It means we’re not just fighting them anymore.”Ethan clenched his fists.Because now?Now, he needed to know the truth.Ethan barely had time
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And for the first time in history—The Dominion was losing.Then, it happened.The screen glitched.Lisa’s fingers froze over the keyboard.The lights in the building flickered.Mike’s jaw clenched. “Something’s wrong.”A low, mechanical voice filled the room, coming from the overhead speakers.“Did you really think we wouldn’t anticipate this, Ethan?”Every door slammed shut.Locks clicked into place.The air felt heavy. Suffocating.Lisa muttered, “Shit.”Ethan’s smirk didn’t waver. But inside? His mind was racing.Mike pulled his gun, stepping to Ethan’s side. “Tell me you have an exit plan.”Lisa frantically hacked into the system, but every attempt was blocked. Firewalls, countermeasures—The Dominion had been waiting for this.Ethan exhaled slowly.They had walked into a perfect trap.He turned to Lisa. “How bad?”Lisa’s voice was tight. “Bad.”A map flashed on the screen—security forces were already moving toward them.Highly trained. Armed to the teeth.Mike cursed. “We need ano
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The room stirred.Because without their finances?The Dominion would be crippled.Lisa exhaled. “Where do we start?”Ethan pulled a flash drive from his pocket and tossed it onto the table.It slid across the surface, stopping in front of a former hedge fund CEO.One of the best financial minds in the world—before The Dominion had stripped him of everything.Ethan leaned in.“This contains access keys to one of The Dominion’s hidden financial hubs. Billions are sitting there, untraceable. And we’re going to take it.”The financial hub was located in Dubai.A private banking institution that didn’t officially exist.But Ethan knew better.Because his own money had once flowed through The Dominion’s veins.And now?He was going to cut them open.The team moved in under the cover of night.Ethan, Lisa, Mike, and a handpicked squad of cybercriminals and former elite operatives.Inside the bank, The Dominion’s wealth sat untouched—an entire empire stored in digital code.Lisa worked quickl
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The vault was still heavy with silence when Lisa noticed it first.A small, unmarked safe built into the back wall.“Here.” She pointed. “Something’s hidden.”Ethan didn’t hesitate.With one swift motion, he yanked it open.Inside, there was only one thing.A single bullet.Resting on a velvet-lined case.Lisa took a sharp breath. “That’s not just any bullet.”Ethan lifted it slowly, turning it over.And froze.His name was engraved into the casing.ETHAN ELLIOT.Mike exhaled. “What kind of sick message is this?”Ethan ran his thumb over the engraving, his mind turning.The Dominion never sent empty threats.Every move they made was calculated. Measured.This bullet?It wasn’t just a warning.It was a promise.Lisa’s voice was quiet, deadly. “They made this a long time ago.”Ethan didn’t look up. “They were always planning to kill me.”Lisa shook her head. “No.”She swallowed.“They were always planning to use you.”Ethan closed his fist around the bullet, the metal digging into his p
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Lisa flicked on a flashlight. The room was lined with rows of old documents, sealed cases, data drives.Ethan moved quickly, scanning through them—decades worth of hidden files.Then—A single folder.The logo burned into it made his blood run cold.The Dominion.Lisa moved beside him. “Oh my God.”Mike muttered, “Tell me that’s not what I think it is.”But it was.Ethan flipped through the pages.And with every document, his stomach twisted.Because The Dominion?They hadn’t just infiltrated Elliot Enterprises.They had owned it.For decades.Long before Ethan took over.Before his father.Even his grandfather.The company—**his entire empire—**had never belonged to the Elliots.It had always belonged to them.Lisa inhaled sharply. “They built this company.”Ethan’s hands trembled slightly as he turned the last page.His entire life, he had thought he had been fighting for control.But he had never been in control at all.Everything—his rise, his power, his battles—had been a game.A