Chapter 10 - The False Victory
Eleanor fired two more rapid shots, dropping Richard's top lieutenants instantly.
Marcus and his security team launched a massive, coordinated ambush from the opposite ridge.
The woods erupted into absolute chaos as a brutal, deafening firefight began.
Eleanor walked calmly through the deadly crossfire and shot Richard directly in the chest.
The evil patriarch fell dead into the snow, ending his long reign of terror forever.
The surviving mercenaries immediately dropped their weapons and surrendered to my guards.
I rushed my freezing family back to a highly secure underground bunker in the heart of the city.
The nightmare was finally over, and my family was completely safe.
I sat on a plush sofa, holding my beautiful wife as the babies slept warmly in a brand new crib.
Claire kissed me softly on the cheek and whispered that she loved me.
I felt a profound, overwhelming sense of absolute victory as I finally embraced my role as a father.
I walked over to the diaper bag to grab a clean blue blanket for Owen.
My hand accidentally brushed against a hidden manila envelope tucked inside a zippered pocket.
I opened the envelope and found a recent medical document from an advanced genetic testing facility.
It was a DNA test confirming that I had absolutely zero biological relation to the twins.
Then, the bright screen of Claire's unlocked phone lit up on the nearby table with a new text message.
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The message was sent directly to Marcus, my trusted head of security.
It read, "The old man is finally dead, Grant trusts us completely now, and the entire empire is ours."
