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Chapter 210: The Father’s Anguish · Nov 05, 2026

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201 Chapter 201: She Doesn’t Break 2026-11-05
202 Chapter 202: She Doesn’t Break - 2 2026-11-05
203 Chapter 203: Shay’s Mother Is Back! 2026-11-05
204 Chapter 204: The Rightful Mrs. Zuvel 2026-11-05
205 Chapter 205: Dont Leave Mommy! 2026-11-05
206 Chapter 206: Blood That Binds 2026-11-05
207 Chapter 207: Blood That Binds 2 2026-11-05
208 Chapter 208: The Cunning Of Summer 2026-11-05
209 Chapter 209: The Truth Could Not Be Hidden Forever 2026-11-05
210 Chapter 210: The Father’s Anguish 2026-11-05
211 Chapter 211: Unspoken Rivalry 2026-11-05
212 Chapter 212: The Confrontation 2026-11-05
213 Chapter 213: Confrontation 2 2026-11-05
214 Chapter 214: Ares’ Stand 2026-11-05
215 Chapter 215: The Weight Of His Words 2026-11-05
216 Chapter 216: Return of Imperial Blood 2026-11-05
217 Chapter 217: A Phoenix Rising 2026-11-05
218 Chapter 218: A Phoenix Rising 2 2026-11-05
219 Chapter 219: The VIPs at Isla 2026-11-05
220 Chapter 220: Forgotten Sins of the Past 2026-11-05
221 Chapter 221: A Dangerous Man 2026-11-05
222 Chapter 222: Descent Into The Past 2026-11-05
223 Chapter 223: A Dangerous Attraction 2026-11-05
224 Chapter 224: A Descendant Of A Royal Bloodline? 2026-11-05
225 Chapter 225: X Identity Revealed 2026-11-05
226 Chapter 226: A Dangerous Delusions 2026-11-05
227 Chapter 227: The Tension Before Lunch 2026-11-05
228 Chapter 228: The Imperial Feast! 2026-11-05
229 Chapter 229: The Crest 2026-11-05
230 Chapter 230: The Crest 2 2026-11-05
231 Chapter 231: The Child Who Sees The Truth 2026-11-05
232 Chapter 232: The Child Between Them 2026-11-05
233 Chapter 233: His Proposal 2026-11-05
234 Chapter 234: Moira’s Provocation 2026-11-05
235 Chapter 235: A Mother-Daughter’s Scheme 2026-11-05
236 Chapter 236: Treasure Hunting with her Brothers 2026-11-05
237 Chapter 237: The Vanished Entrance 2026-11-05
238 Chapter 238: The Treasures 2026-11-05
239 Chapter 239: Lara’s Dangerous Trust 2026-11-05
240 Chapter 240: The Richest Woman 2026-11-05
241 Chapter 241: He Is Smiling 2026-11-05
242 Chapter 242: The First Crack: Ares 2026-11-05
243 Chapter 243: The Women Looking For Ares 2026-11-05
244 Chapter 244: She Was No Longer Special 2026-11-05
245 Chapter 245: An Unwelcome Change 2026-11-05
246 Chapter 246: Not The Same Larissa Anymore 2026-11-05
247 Chapter 247: Between Rivals 2026-11-05
248 Chapter 248: Between Rivals 2 2026-11-05
249 Chapter 249: Pawns In Their Games 2026-11-05
250 Chapter 250: Pawns In Their Games 2 2026-11-05

[Flashback]

Rain poured relentlessly from the night sky, soaking through Leonard’s uniform as if trying to drag him under with it.

”Search again!” he roared, his voice raw, breaking through the storm. ”No one leaves until we find her!”

”Sir, we’ve covered the entire area—”

”THEN YOU SEARCH IT AGAIN!”

The soldiers froze.

They had never seen him like this.

Not on the battlefield.

Not under enemy fire.

But here—

A broken man standing in the mud, clutching a tiny, blood-stained shoe in his hand.

Lara’s shoe. So small. So impossibly small.

”She’s out there...” he muttered, shaking his head, rain streaming down his face—though it was no longer clear what was rain and what wasn’t.

”She’s scared of thunder... she must be crying... and looking for her mom.”

His voice cracked.

And then, quieter—

”She’s waiting for me...”

Hours passed. Then days.

Search parties expanded. Forests were combed. Rivers dragged. Every lead chased until it bled dry.

Leonard didn’t sleep.

Didn’t eat. Didn’t stop.

”Major... we found something.”

Hope ignited—violent, desperate.

He ran. Not walked. Ran like a man chasing life itself.

But what they showed him—

Was not his daughter. Just another dead end. Another cruel reminder.

Another piece of the world telling him:

You were too late.

Days turned into weeks.

Weeks into silence.

And eventually—

Even the reports stopped coming.

There was no body. No trace. Nothing at all.

The worst kind of loss.

The kind that doesn’t end.

...

Leonard stood alone in Lara’s empty room.

Her toys untouched. Her bed was still made. Not a crease out of place. As if she had just been lifted from it—and might be returned at any moment.

Leonard stood there, unmoving.

His gaze drifted slowly to the wall.

Photographs. Dozens of them.

From Lara’s first month... to her first year.

A timeline of a life that had simply stopped.

He stepped closer. His fingers hovered over one frame but never touched it.

A toothless smile. Bright. Carefree. Entirely unaware of the world.

His throat tightened.

Next to it was another photo.

Lara, a few months older, grinning wider—two tiny milk teeth peeking through.

She looked... so alive. So present. As if she might laugh again at any second.

The room hadn’t changed. Not a single thing. Every toy. every blanket, every memory— was preserved.

Waiting.

For someone who was never coming back.

A sharp breath escaped him. And suddenly, he couldn’t stand anymore.

He sank to his knees, like something inside him had finally given way.

For the first time in his life, Major Leonard Norse broke.

Not as a soldier. Not as a commander. But as a father who had lost his child and could not bring her back.

”How...” His voice cracked, barely forming the word.

How was he supposed to face them? His wife. His sons.

How could he stand in front of them and admit—

He had failed?

His hands clenched against the floor.

That officer—

That damn officer.

On the surface, he had seemed ordinary. Unremarkable. Easy to track.

And yet—

He had vanished without a trail.

As if he had never existed at all.

Leonard had thrown everything at the search.

His authority. His connections. His father’s influence.

Even Alexander Zuvel had mobilized resources—men, networks, intelligence channels that could dig ghosts out of the ground.

And still— nothing!

It didn’t make sense. It was impossible.

Unless...

his breath stilled.

Unless the man was never acting alone.

Unless someone... far bigger... had erased him.

A cold realization crept in, slow and suffocating.

”This wasn’t random...” he whispered.

His gaze lifted, hollow and shaken.

”Who would go this far... for a child?”

The question lingered but the answer came uninvited.

Not for the child.

For him.

Or worse—

For his family.

His jaw tightened, something darker beginning to form beneath the grief.

”Were they after my father...?”

Or—

His eyes hardened, dread settling deeper.

”Were they sending a message to me?”

[End of Flashback]

Logan kept talking and demanding, but Leonard Norse no longer heard a single word.

The noise faded.

All that remained was one sharp and blinding thought:

Lara is alive.

Larissa Reyes. If that identity was real—if it could be traced—then this wasn’t over.

It was starting again. His jaw tightened.

He had searched once and failed. He would not fail a second time.

Her adoptive parents.

That was the first thread.

And this time—

He would pull until everything unraveled.

”This is not simple,” Leonard said at last, his voice steady—too steady.

The kind of calm that didn’t soothe, but warned.

”From this point forward, we proceed carefully.”

He turned to them, his gaze sharp, commanding.

”Not a word of this leaves this room. Not to anyone.”

A pause.

”Not even your mother.”

The words landed heavily.

Lucas frowned immediately, stepping forward. ”Dad... don’t you think that’s unfair?” he said, his tone measured but firm. ”Mom has mourned Lara for years. If she finds out Lara is alive—”

His voice softened.

”She deserves to know. She’ll be happy.”

Leonard didn’t respond right away.

For a moment, something flickered in his eyes—pain, buried deep and quickly suppressed.

But when he spoke again, it was gone.

Replaced by steel.

”I am now convinced,” he continued, each word deliberate, ”that Lara’s vehicle colliding with ours was not an accident.”

Liam and Logan exchanged a look.

And in that silent exchange—they understood.

Leonard clasped his hands behind his back, the posture instinctive—military, controlled.

A beat passed.

”It was planned.”

The room went still.

Leonard’s mind had already moved ahead—connecting angles, probabilities, intent.

”Someone knew,” he went on. ”Our movements. Our timing. Enough to stage that encounter.”

Liam nodded slowly, his expression darkening as the implications settled in.

”I was thinking the same thing,” he said. ”There are too many variables lining up too cleanly. That wasn’t coincidence.”

His gaze sharpened.

”It was precision.”

Logan exhaled sharply, running a hand through his hair, agitation returning—but now it carried something heavier. Fear.

”But Lara was in that car,” he said, his voice rough. ”She could’ve died.”

That didn’t sound like strategy.

That sounded personal.

Leonard’s eyes flickered.

”Yes,” he said quietly.

And that was the problem.

If she had been part of the plan—

She wouldn’t have been put at that level of risk.

Unless—

”Unless there was another variable,” Liam said, voicing the thought before it fully formed.

All eyes turned to him.

He continued, more certain now.

”Asher’s escort vehicle,” he said. ”It was arranged last minute, wasn’t it?”

Leonard gave a slight nod.

Liam’s expression hardened.

”Then that changes everything,” he said. ”If the plan was set before that adjustment... then Lara’s presence may have been intended, not a variable.”

Logan stilled.

The weight of that sank in differently.

”So what are you saying?” he asked slowly. ”That she just... got caught in it?”

Liam didn’t answer immediately.

Because none of the possibilities were good.

Leonard finally spoke, his voice quieter now—but far more dangerous.

”It means,” he said, ”whoever orchestrated this... was aiming for us.”

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