All Chapters of His hidden heir : Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

The footsteps above them moved fast.Too fast.Alex raised his gun toward the ceiling as Reyes motioned two agents toward the stairs.“Go!” she snapped.The agents disappeared upward.A second later, gunfire exploded through the warehouse.Aiden’s photograph slipped from Alicia’s trembling fingers.“DOWN!” Alex shouted.He grabbed Alicia and pulled her behind one of the metal filing cabinets as bullets tore through the bunker entrance. Dust burst from the concrete walls. One of the overhead lights shattered instantly.Reyes fired back toward the stairwell. “Contact! Multiple shooters!”The entire bunker erupted into chaos.Alicia pressed against the cabinet, heart hammering violently. “Who are they?”Alex checked the magazine in his pistol with frightening calm. “People who don’t want those files leaving this room.”Another burst of gunfire echoed above them.Then screaming.One of Reyes’ agents stumbled down the stairs clutching his shoulder. “They came from the docks!” he shouted. “

The hotel suite went silent.Alex moved first. “Show me.”The tech analyst turned the laptop toward him with shaking hands. Encrypted lines of code scrolled rapidly across the screen.REMOTE ACCESS ACTIVE.DOWNLOAD IN PROGRESS.SOURCE: INTERNAL NETWORK.Reyes frowned. “Someone’s inside the hotel.”“No,” the analyst whispered. “Closer than that.”He tapped another window open.The signal origin flashed on-screen.PRIVATE FLOOR ACCESS NODE.Alicia felt her stomach tighten instantly.Alex’s hand drifted toward his gun. “Can you trace the exact room?”“I’m trying.”The analyst typed furiously.Then froze.His face lost color.“It’s moving.”“What do you mean moving?” Reyes snapped.“Someone’s rerouting through multiple access points on this floor. They know we’re tracing them.”Zara stepped back from the table. “How is that possible?”Nobody answered immediately.Because there was only one explanation.Someone inside the hotel security system was helping them.Another message suddenly app

Nobody moved.Not Alex.Not Reyes.Not the agents behind them.Even Aiden stayed perfectly still clutching Zara’s hand.Because Andrew Mercer didn’t look nervous.He looked in control.Like this entire night had unfolded exactly the way he expected.Alex kept the gun aimed directly at his chest. “You’re done.”Mercer smiled faintly. “People have been saying that to me for twenty years.”Reyes stepped forward. “Andrew Mercer, you are under federal investigation for conspiracy, obstruction, racketeering—”Mercer actually laughed.Not loudly.Just enough to make everyone uncomfortable.“Agent Reyes,” he said calmly, “half the people signing your warrants attend my fundraising dinners.”Silence.Because nobody in that corridor could confidently say he was wrong.Alicia stared at him. “You sent people after my family.”Mercer’s eyes returned to her immediately. “No. Robert did.”“You funded Harbor.”“I inherited Harbor,” Mercer corrected. “There’s a difference.”Alex’s voice sharpened. “St

Alex stayed in the stairwell long after Mercer was taken away.Long enough for the silence to become dangerous.Zurich.The word echoed in his head like a buried gunshot.Mercer knew.Which meant Harbor still had people watching. Still had people digging. Still had people alive who remembered what happened there.“Alex!”Alicia’s voice snapped through the stairwell.He looked up sharply as she hurried down the stairs with Reyes behind her. Aiden clung tightly to Alicia’s hand, eyes wide from the blackout and gunfire.The moment Alicia saw Alex’s face, her pace slowed.“What happened?” she asked quietly.Alex forced his expression flat. “Mercer’s in custody.”“That’s not what I meant.”Before he could answer, Reyes cut in sharply. “We’ve got another problem.”Her phone screen was filled with alerts.Multiple alerts.Federal. Financial. International.Reyes looked genuinely shaken for the first time in years.“Someone just triggered a Harbor release.”Alicia frowned. “What does that mea

The confession changed everything.Not loudly.Not all at once.But in the quiet ways that mattered.Alicia still sat beside Alex in the car.Still answered when he spoke.Still let Aiden run into his arms without hesitation.But something careful had entered her eyes now.And Alex noticed every second of it.Three days laterRain fell steadily over New York.The Harbor leaks had slowed, but the damage hadn’t.Governments were investigating each other. Banks were freezing accounts. News stations were calling it the biggest political corruption scandal in modern history.And through all of it, Elias Kane stayed invisible.No sightings. No financial trail. Nothing.Like a ghost moving through collapsing systems.Alicia stood in the estate kitchen at 2 a.m. unable to sleep.The house was silent except for the refrigerator humming softly.She stared at the tea in her hands without drinking it.“You’re avoiding me.”Alex’s voice came quietly from the doorway.She didn’t turn around immedia