Chapter 309: The Silent Storm Before the War

The city was alive with the hum of wealth, secrets, and power shifting beneath the surface. From the outside, Emerald Grand Hotel was just another luxury retreat, but inside, it was a battlefield of unseen forces.

Ochieng stepped out of his custom midnight-black Rolls-Royce Phantom, its license plate reading "O 008"—a number that sent shivers through the underground. The leader of the Eighth Province had arrived.

Inside the hotel's private lounge, a select group awaited him. The Eight Pillars—figures who controlled different sectors of power, from business empires to military forces. They had never bowed to anyone.

Tonight, they waited for Ochieng.

As he entered, conversations died. Sofia sat elegantly in a deep-red gown, her eyes filled with amusement. Across from her sat Elijah Kane, the right-hand of Harrison Langston—the man who had orchestrated his parents' deaths.

Elijah smirked. "You're just a boy playing in a man's world, Ochieng."

Ochieng took his seat at the head of the table. His silence was heavier than words. He leaned back, his sharp gaze slicing through the air. "Then let's see who walks out of this alive."

Sofia smiled. The war had officially begun.