Chapter 20 - The Hidden Truth Threatens To Destroy Everything Forever
Emergency backup generators roared to life within seconds, casting an eerie red emergency glow across the grand library.
Alexander drew his desk drawer open, pulling out a heavy service pistol as shadows stretched across the floor.
He hurried out into the hallway, rushing toward the master bedroom where Clara and Noah were sleeping soundly.
As he reached the double doors, he noticed the ornate ancestral portrait of his grandfather swinging open on a hidden pivot.
A secret passageway—one Alexander never knew existed in all his years growing up in the mansion—lay exposed in the dark.
From within the pitch-black void of the secret tunnel, a slow, mocking chuckle echoed through the quiet corridor.
Alexander leveled his weapon toward the opening, his heart hammering against his ribs like a war drum.
“Who’s there? Show yourself!” Alexander demanded, his voice ringing with lethal authority through the empty halls.
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A cold, synthetic voice drifted out from the shadows, whispering a chilling secret that changed everything forever.
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