Chapter 6 - The Father Remembers The Day His Real Power Began
Arthur closed his eyes for a single heartbeat, flashing back to the cold winter morning he was supposedly ‘killed in action’.
The agency had tried to silence him when he uncovered the board’s illegal arms trafficking deals across Eastern Europe.
He had faked his death to protect his infant daughter, spending years rising through the ranks of deep-state oversight.
“You thought I was dead in that desert bombing, didn't you, Jonathan?” Arthur asked, opening his eyes with icy fury.
Jonathan gripped the railing of the staircase, his knuckles turning entirely white as he stared at his resurrected son.
“We... we identified your dental records in the wreckage; the agency confirmed you were gone,” Jonathan whispered hoarsely.
“The agency was already compromised by your syndicate, Father, but I built something far more powerful,” Arthur revealed.
He gestured to the four elite operatives standing at attention behind him like marble statues of judgment.
“I built an oversight unit answerable to no corrupt board member, no crooked politician, and no greedy patriarch,” Arthur added.
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The realization hit Jonathan like a physical blow: his own son was now the highest-ranking auditor in the federal government.
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