Chapter 2: The Wrath of the True Heir
Beatrice didn't understand why the electronic glass doors of the VIP wing suddenly slid open with a sharp, violent hiss. She turned her head, startled, her hands still pressing the pillow over Margaret’s face.
She expected to see a terrified nurse. Instead, she was instantly stunned.
Arthur Vance—an elite, highly decorated combat veteran and martial arts expert who had just returned home early after sensing something was deeply wrong with his mother's medical reports—burst into the room like a localized hurricane. His eyes were bloodshot, flashing with an absolute, lethal fury that he had only ever used on the most dangerous battlefields.
He didn't waste a single second screaming a warning.
Arthur flew through the air, his entire body shifting into a fluid, military-grade execution move. His incredible, devastating side-kick connected directly with Beatrice’s ribs. The sheer, raw kinetic force of the impact lifted her completely off her feet.
CRASH!
Beatrice’s body flew backward across the room, smashing directly through the temporary hospital drywall, leaving a massive, shattered crater of plaster and dust as she collapsed onto the floor of the adjoining storage room, coughing up blood and gasping for air.
Arthur didn't even look at his broken wife. He dropped his tactical duffel bag onto the floor and rushed straight to the side of the hospital bed. With trembling hands, he yanked the blue pillow off his mother’s face.
"Mom! Mom, look at me! Breathe!" Arthur roared, tears of panic welling in his fierce eyes as he immediately began performing emergency chest compressions.
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Margaret let out a violent, ragged gasp, her lungs greedily drawing in the sterile hospital air as her eyes fluttered open. She looked up at her son, her weak, bruised hand lifting to touch his jawline. "Arthur... you... you came..."
"I'm here, Mom. I've got you. Nobody is ever going to hurt you again," Arthur whispered, his voice cracking with a profound emotional weight as he frantically pressed the emergency call button for the trauma team.
