After three peaceful years, it never crossed Sasha's mind that their family would go through another turmoil.
She had completely lost herself in the tranquil and blissful moments until the day finally arrived.
Upon landing, she tracked his smartphone location and traveled there immediately.
Much to her surprise, she discovered that the place was none other than the thousand-year-old temple hidden in the mountains.
Why? Why is he here? What happened to him?
Sasha stumbled her way into the temple. Passing by fumes of sandalwood smoke and following the faint chanting voices, she found herself at the gate of the main hall. She looked across it and saw Shin sitting on the floor with his legs crossed.
Sensing her presence, he took a side glance at her.
Sasha was in extreme shock when their eyes met.
With just one glance, she saw a usually nonchalant gaze shrouded in gloom.
Her mind went blank, and she collapsed onto the ground.
When Sasha regained her consciousness, it was already nightfall.
She opened her bleary eyes and saw the warm orange lights in the ever-familiar meditation abode. She moved slowly, trying to prop herself up.
“You're awake?” Devin asked as he rushed over to assist her.
Sasha looked straight into his eyes and queried, “What happened to him?”
He said nothing.
After a long pause, Devin stood by her bed and broke the silence. “When he was driving home one night, he passed by a tunnel. Suddenly, the walls caved in and buried him. Since the moment he was brought to safety, he has never... never woken up.”
“What?”
The news came as a bombshell, leaving a ghastly Sasha slumped against the bed. She could not utter a single word for the longest time.
The walls caved in all of a sudden? How come? Why didn't it happen at any other time but when he was driving through it?
Bursting into tears, she wailed hysterically. Her mind was all over the place, and she seemed to lose her sanity gradually.
“The walls collapsed? That's a planned murder! There is no coincidence in this world. Did the people from the White House do it? Is it them? Those useless bastards! How could they harm him just because he's more capable?” she bellowed in rage as she struggled to get off the bed, wanting to take revenge on those people.
Devin stopped her with all his might.
The entire meditation abode had been transformed into a well-equipped room filled with technologies.
Sasha, who was locked in the room next to his, was asleep after she fainted.
In the evening, a coup took place.
When the news about what had happened to Sebastian went viral, the entire military base started getting ready to oust him from power.
However, it did not take long before Jonathan personally led Devin to destroy that bunch of useless pricks.
It was an irony.
Just like what Sasha had lamented, the Jadesons fought their best three years ago to trade for the peace they could now enjoy. Yet, three years later, this precious tranquility was ruined in the hands of incapable rulers.
Sebastian, Sasha, and their family almost died defending themselves in the chaos. Never in a million years would they have imagined this was how the White House would repay the Jadesons.
After dissolving the army, Jonathan headed straight into the congress hall.
“Lo and behold, I, Jonathan Jadeson, am still alive and kicking! It has only been days since I went up to the mountains, so how dare you lay your dirty fingers on my grandson? Are you really thinking that our time is up? That it's the end of an era after three years in power? Dream on! I'll show you who's the boss.”
With that, Jonathan pulled the trigger without hesitation and put a bullet through the head of the President!
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