The penthouse looked flawless—glass staircases, crystal chandeliers, and blue city lights glowing beyond the windows.
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Chapter 1 / 15
Chapter 1: The Extraction
The bedroom was suffocated by the heavy silence following General Arthur Sterling’s words. The tactical team secured the perimeter, zip-tying Liam and his hysterical mother. Clara, shivering against her father’s chest, closed her eyes as she was carried out of the house. Arthur felt the fragile, broken rhythm of her breathing. He had commanded thousands of troops in warzones, yet the sight of his daughter’s battered skin was the most devastating battlefield he had ever witnessed. He vowed that whoever allowed this to happen would face a reckoning, but his immediate priority was Clara's survival.
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