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Chapter Twenty-Four: Bloodline War

Aвтор: Vickybee
last update publish date: 2026-01-04 04:50:50
Blood didn’t always spill with knives or guns.

Sometimes, it spilled in boardrooms.

Sometimes, it spilled in signatures.

Sometimes, it spilled in the quiet moment when a man realized his name had been stolen long before his future ever began.

Berlin woke slowly that morning, unaware that a war tied to one of the world’s most powerful bloodlines was about to ignite in its streets.

Aria stood by the hotel window, staring down at the city below. Cars moved like orderly ants. People laughed. Life co
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Outside, a sniper scope locked onto the hotel windows. The trigger tightened. The war for the Vale bloodline had officially begun.

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