Chapter 51: The Peacock
The next morning, sunlight filtered through the sycamore leaves along California State University's tree-lined walkway. Everything looked the same as always.
Jack leaned against a stone pillar outside the library, coffee in hand, his expression lazy. Sophia stood beside him, her face carrying its ...
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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
60. Chapter 60: Reference Sequence
61. Chapter 61: Samuel's Invitation
62. Chapter 62: Signal Blackout
63. Chapter 63: Kidnapping May
64. Chapter 64: High-Explosive Rounds
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