90. Threat or a key...
The living room was quiet again.
Adrian had gone to check on Eleanor from outside as going inside will be far more dangerous.
Chloe and Aiden were sitting together, whispering anxiously.
Kyron was on the phone, tightening security.
Maximilian stood near the window, staring at his reflection in the glass.
His eyes were dark, unreadable.
Two weeks.
Two whole weeks.
And after everything erased —
every memory wiped,
every servant's mind cleaned,
every shred of supernatural evidence removed —
He finally allowed himself to think:
"Maybe it's over."
He even opened his mouth to say it aloud.
"Than—"
But he stopped.
Mid-sentence.
Mid-breath.
His chest tightened.
His face hardened instantly.
Cold realization, cold suspicion, cold rage—
Everything slammed into him at once.
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Maximilian clenched his jaw.
Because suddenly…
He remembered her.
The mysterious woman.
The hooded figure.
The yellow glowing eyes.
The one who barged into his mansion.
The one who killed that entity like it was nothing.
The one who healed Aiden and Chloe effortlessly.
The one who erased his memories.But he still remembers everything.
He whispered under his breath, voice sharp:
"Why would she help?"
His fingers tightened around the glass railing.
"Nobody helps for free."
His brain started connecting dots rapidly, harshly, unfairly.
A cold laugh escaped him — bitter, humorless.
"Of course… she wants something."
Aiden, from the couch, glanced up.
"Max…? You okay?"
Max didn't answer.
His mind was spiraling deeper.
"She didn't save them."
he hissed inside his head.
"She needed my siblings unharmed… so I wouldn't question her."
His pulse spiked.
"She didn't protect my mother… she marked her."
Because he remembered that faint glow on Eleanor's forehead after that woman touched her.
A seal.
A sigil.
Something strange.
Something unknown.
He had ignored it back then because he thought—
He thought she was on their side.
But now?
After seeing a shadow crawl in Eleanor's room?
After watching her brain function remain dead while her body was alive?
Max's logic twisted into the darkest possibility.
SHE.
WAS.
INVOLVED.
His breath became cold.
His voice even colder.
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MAX'S PARANOIA BREAKS FULLY --
Max (whispering):
"She killed that entity…
to replace it with her own."
He felt sick.
Angry.
Stupid.
Max:
"She manipulated us.
Used my siblings to lower my guard.
She sealed my mother for her own purpose."
His fingers curled into fists.
Chloe : "what...??? Saved and used us who..??"
Now.. that every thing went back to zero (entity possessing and once again harming everyone)
Assitant.Kyron had no choice but to explain everything to Aiden and Chloe. Everything that Maximilian told and explain Kyron before . So he will have someone to take care to matter related to entity.
After listening whole thing ...yes , Aiden and Chloe were horrified. There was silence for a moment .but then...
Chloe stood up carefully.
"Brother Max… don't jump to conclusions—"
He turned his head sharply.
His eyes?
Winter.
Dead winter.
Max:
"No one barges into my mansion, kills a demon, touches my mother, resets my memories…
and expects me to believe she's a savior."
Aiden swallowed.
"But she saved us—"
Max cut him off, voice razor-sharp.
Max:
"And all devils save people — when they want something."
He scoffed, bitter.
Max:
"I was actually about to thank her—
THANK HER—"
He laughed darkly.
A ruthless CEO thanking someone.
It would've made headlines.
Kyron remained silent.
Chloe bit her lip, scared.
Aiden whispered, "Brother … what will you do?"
And Max gave the answer without hesitation.
Without blinking.
Without mercy.
Max:
"I'm going to find her."
His tone was absolute.
Unshakeable.
Cold.
Max:
"And when I do…
I will drag every answer out of her."
Chloe stepped back at the sheer intensity in his voice.
Aiden stared.
Kyron slowly exhaled.
Max continued, calm but terrifying:
Max:
"She's the only one strong enough to kill that creature.
She's the only one who touched my mother.
She's the only one who erased my memory."
He leaned forward slightly, eyes reflecting a deadly vow.
Max:
"So either she's the threat…
or she's the key."
A pause.
A deep, chilling pause.
Then—
Max:
"Either way…
I will get to her."
His voice dropped to a whisper.
Ruthless.
Cold.
Vengeful.
Afraid.
Determined.
Max:
"Even if she is hiding behind those glowing eyes…
I will drag her out of the shadows."
He stepped away from the window.
Straightened his suit.
Composed.
A monster in a tailored shirt.
Max:
"She thinks she can hide?
That woman has no idea who she crossed."
Kyron bowed slightly.
Kyron:
"Should I begin searching for her, sir?"
Maximilian's answer was immediate.
Max:
"Find her.
I don't care how.
The hunt starts today."
And in that moment—
Max wasn't just a worried son anymore.
He became something else.
Something colder.
Something darker.
Something Marcelline would definitely find…
amusing.
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