Chapter 71: The Father Who Stole Him

The door opened slowly.Alexander stepped out from behind it before Edward Sterling could enter the room completely. Elena followed, clutching the audio recorder against her chest.For several seconds, father and son stared at each other.Edward looked older than Alexander remembered. His hair had turned almost entirely silver, and deep lines crossed his face. Yet his eyes were the same—the sharp, calculating eyes of a man who had spent his life keeping secrets.“You shouldn't have come here,” Edward repeated.Alexander let out a humorless laugh.“That's what everyone keeps telling me. Don't go there. Don't ask questions. Don't look at the records. Apparently, the entire world has been trying to protect me from my own life.”Edward's gaze shifted toward Elena.“You brought her?”“She has every right to be here.”“Not if you want to survive what you're about to learn.”Elena stepped forward. “We're finished listening to threats. We found a recording from a woman who claims to be Alexan

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Chapter 72: The Man Behind the Vault

Nobody moved.The vault door stood open by a few inches, releasing a breath of cold air that smelled of dust and damp stone. Somewhere inside, a machine hummed softly, as though the room had been waiting for this moment for twenty years.Then the man's voice came again.“Alexander. Elena. Amara.”Alexander tightened his grip on the flashlight.“Who are you?”A short silence followed.Then the voice answered, “I am the man who should have raised you.”Elena's heart hammered against her ribs. She looked at Isabelle, expecting her mother to rush forward, but Isabelle stood frozen, tears running silently down her face.“You said he was missing,” Elena whispered.“I thought he was,” Isabelle replied. “I thought Victor had killed him.”The vault door opened another inch.“Come inside,” the man called. “There isn't much time.”Adrian stepped between his siblings and the entrance.“No. We've spent too many years following voices through locked doors. We don't know who's waiting in there.”For

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Chapter 73: The Man They Came to Collect

“Don't move!”The command came from the other side of the vault door, followed by the unmistakable sound of several weapons being raised.Gabriel pushed Elena and Amara behind the table while Alexander stood frozen, clutching the folder containing Catherine's records. Adrian reached for his sister's hand, but his attention remained fixed on the entrance.“Who are they?” Elena whispered.Gabriel shook his head.“I don't know.”“You said people had been watching this place.”“I knew someone was monitoring the estate, but I didn't know they had found the vault.”Another metallic bang shook the door.“Gabriel Ashbourne!” the voice called again. “You have thirty seconds to surrender Alexander Sterling.”Alexander stepped forward.“Why me?”Gabriel grabbed his arm.“Not another step.”“They came here for me. If I can get them to talk, we might find out what they want.”“That's exactly what they want you to believe.”The lights flickered back on.A small screen above the vault door suddenly

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Chapter 74: Three Babies, One Lie

Elena couldn't look away from the monitor.Three newborn babies lay in a woman's arms, wrapped in identical white blankets. Someone had scratched out the woman's face so violently that the photograph had almost torn, but the babies' faces remained untouched.Beneath the photograph, the message continued to flash.ONE CHILD WAS TAKEN. ONE CHILD WAS REPLACED. ONE CHILD WAS NEVER FOUND.“What does that mean?” Amara whispered.Nobody answered.Alexander stood beside the petrol station counter, still holding his phone. His mother had finally spoken to him, only for Victor to take over the call and turn their reunion into another threat.He looked at Adrian.“Can you get a copy of that photograph?”Adrian nodded and spoke to the attendant, who reluctantly agreed to let them photograph the security monitor. Once he had saved the image, Adrian enlarged it.The babies were difficult to distinguish, but a small detail caught Elena's attention.One baby wore a silver bracelet.Another had a dark

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All Chapters of The Billionaire's Ruthless Reclamation : Chapter 71 - Chapter 74

Chapter 71: The Father Who Stole Him

Chapter 72: The Man Behind the Vault

Chapter 73: The Man They Came to Collect

Chapter 74: Three Babies, One Lie