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THE BILLIONAIRE THEY NEVER SAW COMING CHAPTER 77
Ambrose’s laughter echoed across the charred ruins like a choir of wraiths. The way he carried himself—elegant, untouched by the smoke or blood—sent a chill even through Valeria’s spine. He looked more like a noble at a masquerade than a monster stepping from the graves of the past."So much like your father," Ambrose mused, circling slowly, boots never truly touching the scorched earth. "Stoic. Proud. Blind."Javier didn’t move. His posture remained relaxed, but Valeria could feel it—power crackling under his skin like restrained lightning.“I was wondering when you’d crawl out,” Javier replied, his voice low, even. “The smell of rot finally gave you away.”Ambrose chuckled, unbothered. “And here I thought we’d greet each other like family.”“You lost that right when you sacrificed my parents for your obsession.”Ambrose sighed dramatically, brushing imaginary dust from his robe. “They were narrow-minded. They clung to dead ideals. Alchemy was never meant to be bound by ethics or law
THE BILLIONAIRE THEY NEVER SAW COMING CHAPTER 78
Valeria stood still, her breath uneven. “You want to continue with the wedding after all this?”Javier met her gaze. “That’s exactly why we must.”There was no fire in his voice. No dramatic promise. Just resolve. Unshaken, unmoved. That same calm stillness that had made kings underestimate him… and fall.The battlefield behind them smoldered in silence. The scorched cloak of Ambrose fluttered with the wind, like a flag of warning. The remaining soldiers—both of Solano and the allied clans—watched from a distance, unsure whether to step forward or drop to their knees.They had seen enough to understand one thing:Javier Everhart was not to be challenged.Valeria slowly nodded. “You’re right. If we postpone it now… it means Ambrose won.”Javier didn’t respond, but the tightening of his jaw was answer enough. He turned toward the direction of the capital, his long coat flowing behind him like a banner of vengeance.But peace would not come easily.The moment they returned to Solano’s pa
THE BILLIONAIRE THEY NEVER SAW COMING CHAPTER 79
“Call the council. Now.”Javier’s voice echoed across the dim hallway, low but absolute. Valeria didn’t question him—she turned on her heels and disappeared through the shadows, her pace swift and purposeful. Selene lay motionless in his arms, her breathing shallow but steady. Whatever Ambrose—no, the mimic—had done to her was breaking down. The false seal binding her to him had been shattered. But the consequences… they were only beginning.Javier stood alone in the chamber. The cold stone around him hummed with residual energy. His thoughts were methodical—analyzing, organizing, executing. He didn’t have the luxury of fear. He didn’t need it.The real enemy had finally made his move.He gently placed Selene down and drew a circle around her using a chalk he pulled from his coat. His fingers moved like instinct, etching a protective seal infused with Everhart blood memory. It glowed faintly, recognizing him. Binding her to safety.Then he rose and walked away.When he emerged into th
THE BILLIONAIRE THEY NEVER SAW COMING CHAPTER 80
The wedding banquet had reached its peak. Laughter echoed through the grand hall, golden chandeliers bathed the marble floor in soft light, and noblemen from across the realm toasted the union of Javier Everhart and Valeria Halstein. Music flowed, feet danced, and the people of Solano sang praises for the man they now called The Silent Flame—the man who had once been insulted, challenged, and mocked, but now stood above all.But Javier… he wasn’t celebrating.Not truly.From his seat at the head of the hall, his eyes scanned the crowd—calm, sharp, unreadable. He didn’t drink from his goblet. He didn’t join in the laughter. He simply watched.“Still on guard?” Valeria’s voice brushed his ear. Her smile was soft, but her tone carried weight.“Always,” Javier replied.She tilted her head slightly. “You won. The mimic is gone. Drelmar is sealed. Even the council bows to you now.”Javier set his goblet down. “That was just one war.”Valeria paused, following his gaze toward the far corner
THE BILLIONAIRE THEY NEVER SAW COMING CHAPTER 81
"Is there something you want to show me, Javier?" asked Valeria quietly as they descended the dank stone passage beneath the Everhart family tomb.Their steps echoed between the mossy walls. The alchemical candles embedded along the walls burned slowly as they passed, lit not by fire, but by the old energy infiltrating the alchemical symbols in the stone."Not something," Javier replied without turning around. "Someone."Valeria frowned, but she didn't ask again. She was used to her husband's short answers. Javier's silence was not fear or hesitation, but complete mastery of the situation.At the end of the hallway, there was an old metal door. Javier pressed the symbol in the shape of an inverted triangle, and slowly, the door opened, growling like an old creature long asleep.Inside the room, confined behind an alchemy-coated crystal wall, stood an old man with snow-white hair, a thin body, and eyes sharp as night shadows.Valeria held her breath."Who is he...?" she whispered.Javi
THE BILLIONAIRE THEY NEVER SAW COMING CHAPTER 82
Thunder cracked like a whip as the skies over Solano tore open above them. Clouds swirled, unnatural and thick with red lightning. The earth trembled beneath their feet as the two figures stood face to face—Javier Everhart, calm as stone, and the man who claimed to be his father, a living relic from an era of forgotten alchemy.“You have her eyes,” the man said, voice low, almost sorrowful. “Your mother’s.”Javier didn’t flinch. “You remember her now? After you abandoned her… and me?”“I never abandoned anything. I was sealed,” the man corrected. “By those who feared what I could become. What we could become.”“You became a monster,” Javier said coldly. “They weren’t wrong.”Silence settled between them. But it wasn’t the silence of peace—it was the silence before a storm.“You still don’t understand the truth,” the man said. “You are the last of our line. The only one who carries the perfected blood. I came back not to fight you, Javier, but to claim you.”Javier’s expression didn’t
THE BILLIONAIRE THEY NEVER SAW COMING CHAPTER 83
Valeria stood beside him, watching the sunlight filter through the high windows of Solano Castle’s war hall. The golden rays gleamed off Javier’s black formal coat, embroidered with symbols of ancient alchemy—some so old that even the Grand Archives had no record of them. The room was silent, except for the sound of the wind rustling against the windows.“You’ve changed,” she whispered, her eyes not on him, but on the distant mountains. “Since the duel.”Javier didn’t respond immediately. He stared ahead, deep in thought, hands clasped behind his back in that familiar stance of quiet command.“No,” he finally said. “I just stopped pretending.”Valeria turned to him. “Pretending to be what?”“Smaller,” he replied. “Less dangerous.”She reached out, fingers grazing his wrist. “I know what you did was necessary. But the council won’t see it that way.”“They will,” Javier said calmly. “If they’re wise.”“And if they’re not?”He looked at her. “Then they’ll remember what happened to the la
THE BILLIONAIRE THEY NEVER SAW COMING CHAPTER 84
The Hollow Citadel stood like a monument to forgotten power—built into the jagged cliffs that overlooked the Northern Abyss. It was ancient, its walls etched with runes no scholar dared translate aloud. The Alchemy Council rarely summoned anyone here, let alone a man like Javier Everhart.Valeria’s hand tightened around his as they approached the entrance on foot, the sound of their boots echoing off the stone. Guards with no insignia blocked the gate, their faces concealed behind iron masks. One stepped forward.“State your intent.”Javier didn’t stop walking. “You summoned me. You know why I’m here.”The masked figure hesitated for only a moment before stepping aside.Valeria glanced at him. “You knew they’d try to intimidate you.”“They always do,” Javier said. “It never works.”Inside, the chamber was vast, circular, and dimly lit by blue alchemical fire. Twelve robed figures sat atop thrones of obsidian, each carved with symbols of their house. The Council of Twelve—each one a ma
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CHAPTER 115
Hudson stepped forward, his boots striking the broken ground with a resonating thud, as if he were the harbinger of something far worse than even Lazarus' dark magic. His presence exuded power — unyielding and oppressive. Every inch of his being seemed like a force of nature, relentless and untouchable.Javier’s eyes flickered towards him, but there was no shift in his demeanor. The calm that surrounded him was like the stillness before a storm. He didn’t flinch. He didn’t even blink.Hudson’s voice was low and dangerous, a growl that echoed in the stillness of the chamber.“You’ve made your mistakes, Javier,” Hudson said, his lips curling into a cruel smile. “You think you can challenge me, the legacy of centuries? You’re nothing more than an illusion, a child playing at alchemy. Your power is a hollow shell.”Javier’s hand still rested in the air, his fingers twitching slightly as if ready to strike again, but he didn’t move. He didn’t need to.“I don’t play at anything,” Javier rep
CHAPTER 114
The titan tore itself from the last of the golden chains, its body surging with renewed, terrifying strength.Lazarus stood behind it, hands folded calmly behind his back, as if he had already won. His golden eyes never left Javier, gleaming with malicious amusement.Valeria gripped Javier’s sleeve tighter, feeling the heat of the battlefield rise. She could barely breathe, the pressure was so immense, but Javier… he didn’t flinch.He didn’t move.He simply stared.Silent.Calculating.Then, finally, he spoke — voice low and dangerous."You mistake survival for inheritance."The titan lunged, spear whistling through the air with monstrous force.Javier moved.One step.That was all.The spear missed entirely, embedding itself into the stone wall behind him with an ear-shattering crash. Before the titan could recover, Javier’s fingers flicked forward, almost lazily.A thin line of silver light cut through the darkness.The titan froze mid-motion.A crack, faint but unmistakable, split
CHAPTER 113
Javier moved at the last instant, evading the strike by mere inches. The shockwave flattened the nearby walls, sending debris spiraling into the blackness. Valeria covered her head, shielding herself from the raining stones.Javier stood unharmed in the eye of the storm.The titan turned its hollow, glowing gaze toward him again. Its massive hand wrenched the spear from the cracked earth and spun it with unnatural speed, wind howling around the weapon.A second strike came—faster, more brutal.Javier didn’t back down.Instead, he raised his right hand, fingers moving in intricate, ancient patterns midair. A low hum resonated from his palm, gathering into a thin golden sigil
CHAPTER 112
The world blurred into chaos.The floor swallowed them whole, but Javier landed cleanly, as if he had expected it all along. His boots hit the dark stone with a controlled thud. Around him, pieces of the collapsing building rained down, dust choking the stale air. Valeria stumbled nearby, coughing violently. Lucian and the others were nowhere to be seen—only distant screams and the grinding of stone echoed.Javier rose, dusting his coat casually.From the depths of the darkness, Subject Zero’s laughter slithered toward him."You fall into my home now, Everhart," the monster rasped, voice booming through the hollow underground. "Here, the rules change."Javier ignored the
CHAPTER 114
The titan tore itself from the last of the golden chains, its body surging with renewed, terrifying strength.Lazarus stood behind it, hands folded calmly behind his back, as if he had already won. His golden eyes never left Javier, gleaming with malicious amusement.Valeria gripped Javier’s sleeve tighter, feeling the heat of the battlefield rise. She could barely breathe, the pressure was so immense, but Javier… he didn’t flinch.He didn’t move.He simply stared.Silent.Calculating.Then, finally, he spoke — voice low and dangerous.
CHAPTER 111
The room held its breath.Subject Zero stepped through the dust and chaos like a ghost given flesh. Seven feet tall, skin pale as wax, a twisted alchemical brand pulsing red-hot across his chest. His eyes—too human to be soulless, too inhuman to be sane—were locked on only one person.Javier Everhart.The guards raised their weapons. Lucian North scrambled back, nearly tripping over his own fear. Alric didn’t speak; he merely pressed his back against the farthest wall, trembling like a man watching a nightmare he once created walk again.“You,” Subject Zero rasped, voice deep and strange—as if several voices spoke through one mouth. “Everhart.”Javier didn’t move. His stance remained relaxed, one hand in his coat pocket. “I figured you’d come.”Subject Zero’s cracked lips curled into something like a grin. “They said you died. That the last of the alchemists was gone.”“They lied,” Javier said simply.Valeria grabbed his arm. “Javier—this thing—what is it?”He glanced at her. “A bypro
CHAPTER 110
“The Everhart bloodline should’ve been extinct.”Those words echoed through the sterile silence of the secret underground hall, the scent of dust and burning wires still lingering in the air. Javier stood before the council table, his expression unreadable. He had just dismantled half of Project Helix with nothing but strategy, silence, and the weight of his name.Across the room, Dr. Alric Mendez—head researcher of Project Helix—leaned forward, trying to mask the trembling in his hands with a condescending grin.“You’re clever, I’ll give you that,” Alric said, his voice gravelly. “But cleverness doesn't make you immortal, Everhart.”Javier didn’t respond. He didn’t need to. The moment his gaze
CHAPTER 109
News of Marcus Renshaw’s public humiliation had spread like wildfire through the business world, especially after footage of him being escorted out of the summit made its rounds online. Javier, as always, remained unbothered by the noise. He was already two steps ahead, focused on the deeper enemy—the consortium.Inside his private study, Javier reviewed encrypted files, eyes scanning faster than the average mind could comprehend. Alchemy wasn’t just about turning lead into gold. For Javier, a direct descendant of the ancient art, it was about transformation—of matter, of strategy, of power.Valeria entered the room without knocking, her presence calm but purposeful. "The contact from Zurich confirmed. The financial trail leads straight to Konstantin Sorel."Javier nodded slowly. "The head of Sorel Holdings. One of the consortium’s top financiers."Valeria crossed her arms. "You really think he’ll fall for the bait?""He won’t need to," Javier said, standing. "Because by the time he r
CHAPTER 108
Javier stood still, watching as Marcus Renshaw was escorted out by the security officers. His mind was already calculating the next step in his victory. Marcus might have been a nuisance, but Javier had anticipated every move. The tech world wasn’t kind to those who played dirty, and it was only a matter of time before Marcus’s arrogance caught up with him.Valeria’s voice broke through his thoughts. “You’ve already won, haven’t you?”Javier glanced at her, his expression composed, but something in his eyes softened when they met hers. “It’s not over yet, Valeria. Not by a long shot. Winning today was only a small part of a much larger picture.”Valeria gave him a questioning look, sensing there was more to the story than he let on. "What do you mean?"Javier’s lips curled slightly as he turned toward the exit, guiding her along with him. “The market may think Marcus is finished, but we both know this is just the beginning. There are more players involved — much bigger ones than Marcu
