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Shadows of Bloodlines

Penulis: G.C Patterson
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-05-23 20:29:25

Jeffery’s POV

I should’ve known Edward wouldn’t go down without a final play. The old man had spent decades sculpting himself into a symbol of invincibility—a myth wrapped in tailored suits and ruthless ambition.

Now that I’d ripped the mask off, he was more dangerous than ever.

I stood in the vault room beneath the downtown R.R. annex, where we stored legacy files that weren’t on any digital registry. It smelled like dust, paper, and cold steel. The kind of place secrets went to hibernate.

But I wasn’t here for dust.

I was here for proof.

Something had shifted after that boardroom ambush—Edward had gone silent, vanished from his offices and his country club haunts. Which meant he was planning. And if Edward Richards was planning, bodies might soon start dropping—metaphorically or not.

I ran my flashlight along the rows of secured drawers, my free hand stilling when I spotted it—an old file marked with red wax: Chrysalis Holdings.

Cassie flagged the name in one of our earlier audits,
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