Chapter 56 - the hostage in the garden
realizing that a direct assault on the main house was meeting insurmountable resistance, lucas executed his secondary, more insidious plan. he had personally bypassed the greenhouse sector, managing to corner young alexander junior and his nanny near the grand stone fountain.
lucas grabbed the trembling six-year-old boy by the collar, pressing the cold barrel of a silencer against his temple.
when sophia finally stepped out onto the glass-enclosed veranda, her breath hitched for a fraction of a second. the sight of her son in mortal danger struck a raw, agonizing nerve deep within her soul.
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lucas laughed maniacally, his eyes wild with unhinged triumph. "drop your weapon, sophia! drop it right now, or the boy's brains paint this fountain!" he screamed, his voice echoing sharply across the misty garden.
sophia stared at him, her expression shifting from cold anger to a terrifying, absolute calm that made the mercenaries step back in involuntary dread. she slowly lowered her gun to the stone pavement, but her eyes never left his face.
