Deep in the night, when everyone at the Riverdale estate was enjoying their sleep, all of a sudden, there were the sounds of several helicopters flying over the estate. The lights from them were flashing everywhere, even falling through the large windows of the rooms.
Aeldric and all the servants in the residence were alerted and woke up. The old man ca out of his room and strode to the drawing room as he called security. The panicked head of security entered the ho and inford him:
"Mr. Riverdale, so unknown group has arrived here and entered the estate. Our people are trying to identify them and are ready to fight."
It angered the old man. "Make sure not a single one of them leaves alive."
"Yes, Mr. Riverdale."
Soon, the sound of gunfire echoed for a long ti, as if chaos had erupted across the peaceful estate.
"Where is Aiden?" Aeldric asked the servant angrily.
"Master Aiden is in his room," the butler answered.
"How can he sleep at this mont when enemies are at the door?" Aeldric roared. "Go call him here."
The butler hurried upstairs.
anwhile, a group of ard people entered the residence, led by a familiar-looking man. The group was carrying the most advanced firearms.
"Colin?" Aeldric was surprised to see him. "What the hell are you doing?"
The old man was no stranger to these kinds of situations and could quickly grasp why soone would dare co to the Riverdales like this. In so many decades, no one had ever dared—yet Colin seed to have grown so guts.
Colin smirked and looked at Aeldric after scanning the room. "I don’t see your grandson. Didn’t he tell you what he did?"
"Are you referring to the fall of your business empire?" Aeldric asked. "If he had done it, then after seeing you here like this, I must say—I’m proud of him."
Colin chuckled. "And your pride in him is going to finish the entire Riverdale family today."
"You’re forgetting you are in my territory," the old man said, unwavering.
Colin chuckled again. "Do you know who these people are with ? If you did, you wouldn’t dare show off anymore."
Aeldric looked at the tall n in commando-like uniforms, all geared up. He noticed the badges on their uniforms, and it didn’t take him long to realize.
"Can’t say a word now?" Colin mocked with an evil laugh. "Aeldric Riverdale, you may have been the most powerful for many decades, but there is soone more powerful than you—soone who can crush even a dangerous man like you, like an ant. And the good news is, they’re on my side and here to destroy the Riverdales entirely."
"They don’t get involved in others’ conflicts, and there’s no reason for them to co after the Riverdales. We have no direct conflict with them," Aeldric said. "So stop bluffing."
"You’re right, but I offered them sothing they couldn’t refuse," Colin said. "I offered them the entire Riverdale and Hartz empires. With that, they’ll have total control over the eastern country. Also, I offered them the daughter of business tycoon Jas Harper. I’m sure they loved that even more. You’d better bring her out."
"Who is bold enough to make a trade using my wife?" a calm but cold voice echoed as Justin descended the stairs, his hands coolly tucked into the pockets of his night pants. His hair was ruffled, and his eyes slightly red, showing he had been sleeping soundly. "Tired of your short life already, Colin Hartz?"
"You should be looking into how short your ti is, Aiden," Colin said as he walked forward and smugly sat in a sofa chair, one leg folded over the other, both arms spread along the armrests like a king.
Justin raised a brow. "And what made you so confident?" he asked.
"Look around," Colin said. "I’m sure you’ll realize it’s ti for you to kneel and beg."
Justin simply raised a brow again, while Aeldric said, "Aiden. He brought the people of the Obsidian Group by making so deals with them. We can’t ss with the Obsidians—they’ll win anyway. So we better get on talking terms with them first and offer them a better deal, so they’ll shove Colin’s plan up his ass."
Justin looked at Aeldric with amusent. "Obsidians!"
"The most powerful group in the entire underworld," Colin said smugly. "You Riverdales are nothing in front of them, so you can imagine."
Aeldric couldn’t refute this claim. It was the first ti Justin saw a flicker of worry in Aeldric’s usually arrogant eyes.
Justin looked at Colin and chuckled wickedly. He then sat in the chair where Aeldric always sat—the chair ant for the King of Riverdales. He sat magnificently and looked straight at Colin.
"Colin Hartz, do you really think you could enter the Riverdale estate so easily, with so many people and weapons, just like that, and not face much resistance?" Justin asked, his fingers tapping rhythmically on the armrest, his gaze sharp like a hawk as he scanned the man in front of him.
"Without resistance?" Colin smirked. "We killed your people."
"Those were just so traitorous flies you took care of and saved the effort," Justin replied. "They were going to die sooner or later."
Aeldric looked at Justin. "Traitors?"
"Old man, you’re truly too old to see through anything. You can’t even step out of your own delusional world where you still think you’re the king," Justin mocked. "Now shut your mouth and don’t disturb ."
"You..."
Justin glared at him. "I can add your dead body to the pile that’s outside. I know you’re not scared of dying, but don’t make dirty my hands by killing you."
Aeldric preferred to stay silent at this mont, knowing he couldn’t be at odds with his family when the enemy was present. Unity mattered.
Colin said, "Whatever you say, Aiden, but at this mont, everything is in my hands—and you all are going to die."
"And how are you going to do that?" Justin asked.
"Before killing you, let show you sothing good," Colin said and looked at the gunn. "Go upstairs and bring down the woman you find—Natalie Harper." He then looked back at Justin. "I will do the sa with you as I did with your parents before killing them."
"Killed them?" Aeldric’s voice echoed. "You... killed them?"
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