Chapter 4 - Victor Bellmont Didn't Want to Kill My Daughters—He Wanted to Use Them to Take Control of a Fortune Neither Family Had Ever Been Able to AccessVictor didn't attack.
He simply stood there.
Security surrounded him.
Police arrived.
He raised his hands.
“I came to talk.”
Griffin's jaw tightened.
“You infiltrated a hospital.”
Victor smiled.
“Your security is predictable.”
“What do you want?”
“The twins.”
“Never.”
Victor looked at me.
“Your daughters can end the war.”
I frowned.
“What war?”
“Your families have been fighting for generations.”
“What does that have to do with them?”
“Everything.”
He explained the trust.
My grandfather had created it.
Griffin's grandfather had contributed.
The Bellmont family had another portion.
It was designed to activate when two heirs from both bloodlines were legally recognized.
The trust was worth billions.
But money wasn't the main point.
The trust also contained controlling shares in companies that quietly funded both organizations.
Whoever controlled it could destroy the old criminal networks.
Or consolidate them.
Victor wanted consolidation.
Griffin wanted destruction.
I wanted my daughters safe.
That was the difference.
Victor smiled.
“Your daughters are the key.”
I stared.
“What happens if we do nothing?”
“The trust remains frozen.”
“Then leave it frozen.”
“Someone else will come.”
“Who?”
Victor's smile faded.
“The people who built the trust before us.”
He revealed a name.
The Drake Patriarch.
Griffin's grandfather.
I had never met him.
He was supposedly dead.
But Victor claimed he wasn't.
I looked at Griffin.
He looked shocked.
“My grandfather died when I was ten.”
Victor nodded.
“That's what everyone was told.”
Griffin's voice became cold.
“Where is he?”
Victor laughed.
“Find him.”
The hallway lights flickered.
Victor's guards attacked.
Chaos erupted.
Griffin grabbed the twins.
I ran.
We escaped through a service corridor.
Victor disappeared.
But he left one message.
The girls belong to the bloodline.
Griffin looked at me.
“No.”
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He held both daughters close.
“They belong to themselves.”
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