Chapter 25 - the phantom's return
"Secure the perimeter!" Julian Vance screamed into the pitch-black vault, his voice cracking with sudden panic as his elite guards scrambled blindly in the darkness.
A red emergency flare hissed to life, casting an eerie, demonic glow across the steel walls. Standing perfectly still in the center of the vault was Alessandro Moretti. He didn't look like a philanthropic CEO; he looked like a grim reaper.
"You stole the cure for the very neurotoxin that I funded to save lives," Alessandro said, his voice echoing off the steel walls with terrifying, quiet authority. "Did you really think my family would just let you walk away?"
Julian stumbled backward, horrified. "You're trespassing on sovereign corporate property! My men will kill you!"
"Your men are currently locked in the outer corridor," Dante said, stepping out of the shadows and securing the cryogenic case containing the stolen antibodies. "The security mainframe is entirely under our control."
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Alessandro stepped closer to Julian, his dark eyes piercing the CEO's soul. "You wanted a war. You just lost it."
👉 read part 26 to see the devastating counter-strike.
