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Chapter 5 - The Final Showdown

The wind from the helicopter rotors whipped Sofia’s hair across her face. The alpha dog stood by her side, its fur covered in ash, growling low.

"You won't press it, Victor," Sofia said, stepping forward slowly, her voice deadly calm. "You love your money too much. You love your life too much. You're a coward hiding behind a desk and a title."

"Try me!" Victor roared, his thumb hovering over the red button.

Sofia raised her gun, aiming directly at his hand. But before she could shoot, Victor smiled. He didn't press the detonator. Instead, he pulled a secondary remote from his pocket and pressed it. A heavy, iron cage door dropped from the rooftop rigging, trapping the alpha dog instantly. At the same moment, two remaining hidden snipers opened fire from the adjacent tower.

A bullet grazed Sofia’s shoulder. She gasped, falling to one knee, dropping her weapon. Blood soaked through her shirt.

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The ink on the emergency audit report was barely dry when the secure terminal on my desk flashed a violent crimson. I hadn't slept in thirty-six hours, my eyes burning from staring at columns of ghost figures, duplicate invoices, and shell corporations linked to Dominic Rossi. But the red alert wasn’t from Rossi’s faction. It was an internal security flag originating from the estate’s main vault deep beneath the west wing.

The ink on the emergency audit report was barely dry when the secure ter...

The glass shattered into a thousand tiny diamonds on the marble, scattering the light from the chandeliers. The muffled laughter died instantly, replaced by a suffocating, heavy silence that crept outward from the grand staircase.

The glass shattered into a thousand tiny diamonds on the marble, scatter...

The heavy oak doors of my private study clicked shut behind us, locking out the clinical, terrifying silence of the kitchen. Evelyn Crane stood stiffly in front of my mahogany desk, her hands folded over her apron with the rigid precision of someone who had spent decades micromanaging every square inch of my estate. Behind her, Norah hovered near the doorway, clutching her clipboard like a shield.

The heavy oak doors of my private study clicked shut behind us, locking...

Victor walked over to her, kicking her gun off the roof. He knelt down, grabbing her jaw roughly, forcing her to look at him. "You fought well, Volkova. Truly. But in my world, the house always wins. I'm going to take this flash drive, get on that chopper, and leave you to burn in your own family's ashes."

He reached into her pocket and pulled out the flash drive, holding it up like a trophy. He stood up, turning his back to her as he walked toward the waiting helicopter.

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