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John Edison – POVSomething inside me died with her.Not just grief.Not just love.Something deeper.Something that used to hold me back.I stood there in the command room, staring at the screen long after it went black—long after Michelle’s body hit the floor.My heartbeat slowed.Not fast.Not erratic.Slow.Controlled.Dangerously quiet.That was worse.Because the anger?It wasn’t explosive.It wasn’t chaos.It was focused.Cold.Deliberate.I used to believe there was still something good left in this world.Something worth protecting.Something worth saving.But as I looked around the room—at the screens, the systems, the power I had built—All I saw now…Was a battlefield.“They took her,” I said quietly.No one answered.No one dared.“They thought that would break me.”My jaw tightened slightly.“They thought they could scare me… control me… steal Sam…”A slow breath filled my lungs.“They thought wrong.”The words came out flat.Final.A promise.“I’m going to kill him.”Si

Queen Bella – POV (After the Declaration)The silence didn’t last long.It never does after you change the world.Within minutes of my announcement, the room erupted—not outwardly, not chaotically—but in that restrained, dangerous way powerful people react when they realize the rules have just been rewritten without their permission.Whispers.Phones lighting up.Eyes darting between me and each other.They weren’t just shocked.They were calculating.Good.Let them.Because every second they spent trying to understand what I had just done… was a second John had to stay alive.I stepped back from the podium slowly, my posture still perfect, my expression calm—but inside?Inside, everything was moving too fast.You just declared him a prince.Not just protection.Not just alliance.I bound him to the Crown.To me.To everything that comes with it.War.Power.Targets.Responsibility.My hands tightened slightly at my sides.“Your Highness,” one of my advisors rushed forward, lowering h

John Edison – POVEverything happened so fast I don’t think I have a chance to fix or change. What happened next when I heard a explosion behind meFire blazed behind me. While Smoke developed the room. The wall started to Collapse.The world around me was coming down—but I wasn’t leaving. Not this time I will not allow death to come easy to this manAfter the death of Michelle, he must suffer. Sam’s voice filled the room master John “Structural integrity at 32%,” Sam warned. “Immediate evacuation is advised.” I ignored him.Because I saw it with my own eyes, what was happening. A shadow moving through the smoke.Limping.Bleeding.Trying to escape.“Ashton,” I said quietly.There you are.⸻I moved.Fast to catch up with him I wanted his life. I couldn’t let him die easily.Cutting through debris, stepping over bodies, pushing through flames that licked at the steel walls like they were alive.“John,” Sam pressed. “You will not survive a full collapse.”“I don’t need to survive,” I

John’s POV — The Breaking PointKilling Austin was never part of the plan.It wasn’t supposed to happen like that.Not like this.⸻The gun felt heavier than it should have in my hand, like it carried more than just metal—like it carried judgment. Consequence. Finality.I stared down at it, my fingers trembling around the grip, my reflection faintly visible along the dark barrel.Distorted.Broken.Just like everything else.⸻“It started with me…” I whispered, my voice barely audible even to myself.The wind carried nothing back.No answer.No forgiveness.⸻Anger rose again—sharp, suffocating, alive.It clawed its way up from deep inside my chest, wrapping around my throat, tightening, demanding release.“It should end with me too.”My finger twitched toward the trigger.One pull.That’s all it would take.Silence.Peace.An end to the chaos I created.⸻But then—“Good choice.”⸻Sam’s voice cut through everything.Clear. Calm. Unshaken.It echoed inside my mind like it always had—

President Thomas Banks POV — The Fall of a SuperpowerWho the hell did that little brat think he was?⸻I stood in the center of the Oval Office, breathing hard, my hand still gripping the phone tightly enough to crack the screen beneath my fingers.The room was silent except for the ticking clock on the wall.Every second sounded louder than the last.⸻John Edison.⸻That name echoed through my head like a curse.⸻“He thinks he can run the world,” I muttered bitterly.My jaw tightened.“With Sam by his side… he thinks he’s untouchable.”⸻I turned sharply, pacing across the room.The flags behind my desk stood perfectly still while my entire world collapsed around me.⸻“You think you can threaten the United States?” I snarled to myself. “You think you can control my military? My government?”⸻My fist slammed against the desk so hard the glass of water beside it tipped over.I barely noticed.⸻Michelle.⸻My daughter.⸻The thought alone nearly brought me to my knees.⸻“No…” I w