Chapter 233 Dorian’s Discovery

Chapter 233: Chapter 233 Dorian’s Discovery

?The grand office was entirely unlit, wrapped in the deep stillness of the night.

?Dorian sat motionless at his large desk. A single brass reading lamp cast a small, tight circle of yellow light over the center of the surface while the rest of the vast room remained hidden in soft shadows. His laptop was flipped open with the screen glowing brightly, his smartphone rested right beside the keyboard, and a white ceramic mug of coffee sat completely untouched, the liquid inside growing cold hours ago.

?He had been staring at the exact same digital document on his screen for over an hour now. The words on the page occasionally blurred together from sheer exhaustion, but he forced himself to blink rapidly and read through the lines again.

?His paid informant had finally delivered the missing piece of the puzzle.

?It was the financial trail of the shell company. The exact corporate entity that had funded the ruthless mercenaries. The very people who had hired the assassins responsible for the deaths of Percy and Lydia, and the ones who had tried to take his own life on that fateful night years ago.

?He had spent weeks, months, and even years digging through dead ends to find this truth.

?And now, sitting here in the quiet room, he finally held the answer in his hands.

?He reached out and picked up his smartphone from the desk and called a number.

?Kaelen picked up the incoming call on the very first ring. "Sir."

?"I want you to look into the Zed family right now," Dorian instructed, his voice flat and hard. "I want everything we can possibly dig up on them. Their business portfolios, their political connections, their financial vulnerabilities, and every single secret file we have in the database. I want every name associated with them."

?There was a brief, hesitant pause on the other end of the line. "Sir, please forgive me for asking, but may I know what prompted this?"

?"The shell company that paid off the mercenaries who ambushed me," Dorian answered without missing a beat. "The paper trail leads right back to the Zed family."

?Another pause followed, stretching out much longer this time.

?"The Zed family," Kaelen repeated, sounding genuinely stunned.

?"Yes."

?"Are you completely certain about this connection, sir?"

?"I do not waste my time asking questions when I already know the answers," Dorian replied coldly.

?"Yes, sir. I will get right on it."

?Dorian ended the call with a swipe of his thumb and tossed the phone back onto the desk.

?He leaned back slowly against the leather cushion of his chair, tilting his head up to stare blankly at the high ceiling.

?He turned the name over in his mind. The Zed family. They were universally recognized as one of the three great noble families in the entire country, wielding immense power across commerce, national politics, and military command. To ordinary people, they were entirely untouchable.

?They had been a persistent thorn in his side for years, quietly blocking his corporate contracts, delaying his government approvals, and undermining his business ventures at every turn.

?Yet, he finally realized that this conflict went far beyond mere corporate rivalry.

?This was not just about business anymore. This was absolute murder.

?They had taken his brother’s life. They had murdered his sister-in-law in cold blood. And they had tried their best to kill him, too.

?He spoke out loud into the empty, quiet room, his voice echoing softly against the glass walls.

?"Why did they do it?"

?No answer came back to him.

?"What on earth did Percy ever know that frightened them so much?"

?Again, no answer filled the silence.

?He pushed himself up from the chair and walked slowly over to the floor-to-ceiling window.

?He remembered his brother Percy clearly. Percy had always been a kind, gentle, and brilliant man. He had never hurt a single soul in his entire life, and he certainly never went out of his way to make dangerous enemies.

?Yet, Percy must have stumbled upon something significant. He had to have known a vital secret. Something that suddenly transformed him into a massive threat, and ultimately turned him into a primary target.

?Suddenly, Dorian’s smartphone buzzed sharply against the desk, breaking his train of thought.

?He walked back over and picked it up. It was a short text message sent from Kaelen. The financial files are being compiled right now. We will have everything ready for your review by morning.

?Dorian tapped out a single-word reply. Good.

?He set the phone down gently and turned his gaze back out toward the glittering city lights outside the window.

?He promised himself he would uncover the whole truth. He would find out exactly what secret Percy had stumbled upon, and he would discover why the Zed family wanted him erased from existence.

?And once he had every single name and every single fact, he would make them pay dearly for what they had stolen from him.