Chapter 44: The Ambush
Thursday morning. Jack arrived at Eli's place early.
He stood by the window. Coffee in hand. Watching the street below.
Sycamore leaves swayed in the morning breeze. Sunlight painted patterns on the asphalt.
The street was quiet. A car passed occasionally. An old man walked his dog at a slow shu...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1: Dead Man Walking
2. Chapter 2: Power Plays
3. Chapter 3: Thirty Seconds
4. Chapter 4: The Price of Protection
5. Chapter 5: The Gift
6. Chapter 6: Breaking Point
7. Chapter 7: Resurrection
8. Chapter 8: Borrowed Time
9. Chapter 9: The Gala
10. Chapter 10: Power Play
11. Chapter 11: Leverage
12. Chapter 12: The Crash
13. Chapter 13: The Shareholder War
14. Chapter 14: Midnight Moves
15. Chapter 15: Hostile Takeover
16. Chapter 16: Blood and Steel
17. Chapter 17: The Counterstrike
18. Chapter 18: The Decoy
19. Chapter 19: Into the Rockies
20. Chapter 20: The Ambush
21. Chapter 21: Blood on the Mountain
22. Chapter 22: Hellfire
23. Chapter 23: Hellfire
24. Chapter 24: Frozen
25. Chapter 25: Thaw
26. Chapter 26: Descent
27. Chapter 27: The Offer
28. Chapter 28: Promises in the Dark
29. Chapter 29: Home
30. Chapter 30: Homecoming
31. Chapter 31: First Impressions
32. Chapter 32: The Seventh Casualty
33. Chapter 33: The Storm Breaks
34. Chapter 34: The Trap Springs
35. Chapter 35: The Takeover
36. Chapter 36: Fifty Billion and Black Gold
37. Chapter 37: The Press Conference
38. Chapter 38: The Threat Closes In
39. Chapter 39: First Strike
40. Chapter 40: The Trap
41. Chapter 41: The Test
42. Chapter 42: The Bait
43. Chapter 44: The Ambush
44. Chapter 44: The Trap Closes
45. Chapter 45: Ghosts of the Past
46. Chapter 46 Decision
47. Chapter 47: The Hidden Lab
48. Chapter 48: The Breaking Point
49. Chapter 49: The Edge of Perfection
50. Chapter 50: The Aftermath
51. Chapter 51: The Peacock
52. Chapter 52: Twenty Seconds
53. Chapter 53: A Familiar Scene
54. Chapter 54 Mordecai Gray
55. Chapter 55: Hidden Threads
56. Chapter 56: Showing Your Hand
57. Chapter 57: Tomb
58. Chapter 58: Born Chef
59. Chapter 59: Eli's Excitement
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