Chapter 4 - The Twisted Truth
Hannah gasped sharply as the freezing liquid burned wildly through her veins.
Her vision immediately began to blur, and her legs collapsed weakly beneath her weight.
Julian caught her falling body with terrifying ease and gently laid her onto the cold surgical table.
She tried to scream, but her vocal cords were completely paralyzed by the powerful chemical.
Julian stood over her with a sympathetic but deeply disturbing smile on his handsome face.
He explained that he had faked his own death to escape Eleanor's suffocating control.
He confessed that their father was never dead, but was instead being kept in a medically induced coma.
Eleanor had been using their father's rare blood type to completely cure her own terminal illness.
Julian claimed he needed Hannah to stay perfectly hidden so he could destroy the family empire himself.
He promised that everything he was doing was strictly for their ultimate freedom.
Hannah watched helplessly as the heavy steel door suddenly crashed completely open.
Marcus sprinted fiercely into the room, holding a tactical shotgun aimed directly at Julian's chest.
He roared at Julian to step away from the table and hand over the medical antidote immediately.
Julian laughed mockingly and slowly raised his hands in a gesture of fake surrender.
Marcus rushed over to Hannah and quickly injected a clear vial of adrenaline into her arm.
Her lungs gasped violently for air as the paralyzing sedative was instantly reversed.
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She scrambled off the table and hid behind Marcus, completely terrified of her own brother.
Julian smiled wickedly and pressed a hidden button on his watch, locking the room entirely.
