Rising from the Ashes (Andrew) novel Chapter 1995

By the time morning broke, the Driscoll family's first wave of retaliation had wrapped up without a hitch.

Maurice had gone to bed long before, never bothering to concern himself with something this trivial. With the firepower they had sent, he believed Andrew had no chance.

In Maurice's eyes, everyone else, aside from Andrew himself, was just useless dead weight.

Before dawn, Maurice was woken up. "Dad, last night our Shadow Division raided Serenity Villa, but we came back with nothing!"

Scarlett stood there with a dark look on her face.

Maurice swung his legs out of bed, frowning. "Nothing? What does that mean? Where's Andrew's crew? Did they take them all down?"

Scarlett's jaw tightened. "That little punk was on high alert and set an ambush inside Serenity Villa. Not only did we take heavy casualties, but his people pulled out early and disappeared somewhere we can't track."

Maurice gave a cold snort. "Dead men are nothing. In the Driscoll family, lives are the cheapest commodity. But I'll admit, I didn't expect they'd fail to catch a single one of them."

Scarlett's voice dripped with hatred. "It's time. I'm heading to Driscoll Corporation with Mr. Gurney and waiting for Andrew to walk into his own death. Once he's gone, the Kellers and the rest of those little nobodies will be nothing to worry about."

Maurice nodded. "Exactly. Scarlett, last night the family poured everything into restoring your strength, and I even transferred most of the true energy from my energy core to you. Don't let our family down."

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