Chapter 21 The Ticking Clock
The violent thunderstorm from last night was gone. Bright morning sunlight warmed the wide marble kitchen of the Dragon Emperor Villa.
Luke stood quietly at the stove, flipping a pancake in a copper pan. He wore a simple white shirt and grey slacks. He looked like an ordinary husband making breakfa...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 The Wrong Number
2. Chapter 2 Did I Miss Something?
3. Chapter 3 The VIP Trauma Bay
4. Chapter 4 Time's Up, Doctor
5. Chapter 5 The Prison Favor
6. Chapter 6 Erased From the Registry
7. Chapter 7 The Slums
8. Chapter 8 The God of War Awakens
9. Chapter 9 Moving Up in the World
10. Chapter 10 Begging for Scraps
11. Chapter 11 The Blacklist
12. Chapter 12 Merit, Not Magic
13. Chapter 13 The VIP Balcony
14. Chapter 14 Bankrupting the Enemy
15. Chapter 15 The Shadow Syndicate
16. Chapter 16 A Different Breed
17. Chapter 17 Return to Sender
18. Chapter 18 The Parasites Return
19. Chapter 19 Dig Your Own Grave
20. Chapter 20 The Gates of Hell
21. Chapter 21 The Ticking Clock
22. Chapter 22 The Inherited Curse
23. Chapter 23 The Directive
24. Chapter 24 The Stolen Birthright
25. Chapter 25 The Weight of a Lie
26. Chapter 26 I'm Not a Commander
27. Chapter 27 The New Head of Logistics
28. Chapter 28 The Wrong Target
29. Chapter 29 The Worst Negotiator
30. Chapter 30 The One-Billion-Dollar Bluff
31. Chapter 31 The Boardroom Showdown
32. Chapter 32 The Interrogation
33. Chapter 33 The Billion-Dollar Delusion
34. Chapter 34 The Suicide Mission
35. Chapter 35 The Balcony Drop
36. Chapter 36 The Old Vultures
37. Chapter 37 The Purge Valve
38. Chapter 38 Man vs. Machine
39. Chapter 39 Mob Justice
40. Chapter 40 The Perfect Lie
41. Chapter 41 The Mechanic
42. Chapter 42 The Myth
43. Chapter 43 The VIP Guest
44. Chapter 44 The Fourth Floor
45. Chapter 45 : The Declined Card
46. Chapter 46 Live Broadcast
47. Chapter 47 Viral Sabotage
48. Chapter 48 The Scapegoat
49. Chapter 49 The Unanswered Call
50. Chapter 50 The Hidden Parchment
51. Chapter 51 The Awakening
52. Chapter 52 The Cobra's Fear
53. Chapter 53 The Phantom Killers
54. Chapter 54 The Prime Suspect
55. Chapter 55 The Alibi
56. Chapter 56 The Incoming Call
57. Chapter 57 The Shadow Detail
58. Chapter 58 The Uninvited Guest
59. Chapter 59 The Chauffeur
60. Chapter 60 The Distraction
61. Chapter 61 The Confession and the Dream
62. Chapter 62 The Elite Academy
63. Chapter 63 The Shadow's Regret
64. Chapter 64 The Butler's Tale
65. Chapter 65 The Faded Coat
66. Chapter 66 The Clinical Notes
67. Chapter 67 The Intercepted Handshake
68. Chapter 68 The Blind Spot
69. Chapter 69 The Legacy Acquisition
70. Chapter 70 The Hidden Interface
71. Chapter 71 The Empty Chair
72. Chapter 72 Dead Men Can't
73. Chapter 73 The Live Wire
74. Chapter 74 The Blurry Frame
75. Chapter 75 At Any Cost
76. Chapter 76 The Five-Million-Dollar Debt
77. Chapter 77 The Orphanage
78. Chapter 78 The Eviction
79. Chapter 79 The Ultimatum
80. Chapter 80 The Double Booking
81. Chapter 81 The Counterfeit Cure
82. Chapter 82 The Distraction
83. Chapter 83 The Leverage
84. Chapter 84 The Broken Glass
85. Chapter 85 Flashpoint
86. Chapter 86 The Scorched Grip
87. Chapter 87 Your Own Burial
88. Chapter 88 The Crown Jewel Dowry
89. Chapter 89 Starving the Supply Chain
90. Chapter 90 The Strategic Backfire
91. Chapter 91 Only drawing circles
92. Chapter 92 The Limit Proof
93. Chapter 93 The Leak
94. Chapter 94 The Master's Mark
95. Chapter 95 Protocol Nine
96. Chapter 96 Hidden in the Stacks
97. Chapter 97 The Price of Genius
98. Chapter 98 The Empty Seat
99. Chapter 99 The Frozen Beacon
100. Chapter 100 The Traitor's Face
101. Chapter 101 Sixty Seconds
102. Chapter 102 A Father's Judgement
103. Chapter 103 The Cold Threat
104. Chapter 104 Silent Extermination
105. Chapter 105 Silent Infiltration
106. Chapter 106 The Keys to the Cage
107. Chapter 107 Shattered steel
108. Chapter 108 A Father's Leverage
109. Chapter 109 A Hollow Awakening
110. Chapter 110 Behind the brass lock
111. Chapter 111 The barrel in the shadows
112. Chapter 112 A cold instinct
113. Chapter 113 Broken Memories
114. Chapter 114 Crimson Ribbon
115. Chapter 115 Your Turn Next
116. Chapter 116 A Daughter's Price
117. Chapter 117 The Broken Flight
118. Chapter 118 Airspace Ambush
119. Chapter 119 Trapped in the sky
120. Chapter 120 No Deals with Dead Men
121. Chapter 121 Wrong call
122. Chapter 122 Ruined
123. Chapter 123 Erased
124. Chapter 124 Dropped at the Gate
125. Chapter 125 The Red Drop
126. Chapter 126 The Missing Body
127. Chapter 127 More Precious Than Death
128. Chapter 128 A Nobody from Zenith
129. Chapter 129 The Wooden Box
130. Chapter 130 The Gift in the Silk
131. Chapter 131 A Billion for Her Head
132. Chapter 132 A Gift Money Cannot Buy
133. Chapter 133 Marked at the Door
134. Chapter 134 Your Time Is Up
135. Chapter 135 The Blood-Stained Birthday
136. Chapter 136 Waking to Ashes
137. Chapter 137 Blade at the Throat
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