Chapter 8 - The Ultimatum
The freezing rain battered Victoria's face, but her hand holding the silver revolver did not tremble in the slightest.
Adrian stared down the barrel of his own mother's gun, completely refusing to take a single step backward.
Claire watched from behind the metal machinery, her heart completely stopping in sheer, absolute terror.
She desperately tried to understand why a grandmother would go to such violent extremes to steal newborn infants.
Victoria stepped closer to Adrian, her voice cutting through the storm with terrifying, aristocratic calmness.
She explained that the twins were not merely heirs to a massive corporate fortune, but the key to their entire genetic survival.
The babies carried a highly rare, mutated genetic marker perfectly matched to cure a deadly hereditary disease ravaging the Vale bloodline.
Victoria fully intended to keep the children locked in a private Swiss laboratory to harvest their stem cells for the rest of their lives.
Adrian’s face twisted into an expression of profound, unadulterated hatred as he fully realized the depth of his family's evil.
He slowly lowered his own pistol, realizing a shootout near the oxygen-rich incubators would instantly kill the babies.
He told his mother that she would have to shoot him dead right now, because he would never let her take his children.
Victoria sighed heavily, genuinely looking disappointed that her favorite son was being so incredibly stubborn.
She tightened her finger on the trigger, fully prepared to murder her own flesh and blood to protect her empire.
Suddenly, the heavy metal roof doors violently burst open once again.
A massive squad of heavily armed city police officers swarmed onto the wet tarmac, their tactical flashlights cutting through the rain.
Claire let out a massive, shuddering breath of pure relief, believing they were finally entirely safe.
The police captain raised a heavy megaphone, ordering absolutely everyone to drop their weapons and get on the ground immediately.
Victoria calmly placed her silver revolver on the wet concrete and raised her hands in a graceful gesture of surrender.
Adrian immediately dropped his stolen gun and ran toward the helicopter to finally secure the portable incubators.
The police officers did not run toward Victoria to place the dangerous, kidnapping matriarch in handcuffs.
Instead, six massive officers aggressively tackled Adrian to the wet tarmac, violently pinning his arms behind his back.
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The corrupt police captain walked over to Victoria, respectfully handing her back her silver revolver with a polite nod.
The captain announced that Adrian Vale was officially under arrest for the brutal attempted murder of his brother, Julian.
