The First Heir

Caleb was by nature smug and intolerably haughty.

All his life, he never once feared anyone. He was quite the classic spoiled rich kid.

Unfortunately, however, in his twenty-odd years of life, there was only one person who ever scared him. Just one!

That man!

The man who had become his nightmare!

Proud?

Haughty?

No one in this world could be prouder or haughtier than that man, Philip Clarke!

Caleb still remembered how, so many years ago, that man had come to the capital city with an entourage of special clearance vehicles clearing the traffic for him!

Crazy, right?

Yet it was true!

It was all because Philip had waved his hand and casually said that he would gift the special forces with some cutting-edge military equipment and techniques from abroad. Just like that, those high-ranking officials flooded the hotel Philip was staying in.

Back then, Caleb was still young. His family was rich and powerful, so he did not think twice about offending Philip.

Where did that land him?

Old Master Zach did not even dare to protest. He simply paid Philip a visit with Caleb in tow to beg for forgiveness.

He even broke one of Caleb’s legs!

It was all because Philip casually wondered aloud if the Zachs should be allowed to keep existing. As a result, Old Master Zach led his entire family to apologize to Philip!

That incident caused an 8.0 scale earthquake in the capital city back then!

Almost a hundred people knelt in front of the hotel Philip was staying in, lined up according to their seniority.

impeccable Zachs, practically royalty in these parts, all knelt in front of the hotel door with Old Master Zach himself taking the lead. They simply

It was shocking!

It was unbelievable!

course, the media was later ordered to cover the whole

report

Zachs alone would be enough to shut

was truly afraid, from

yelled at his butler, “Hurry, book me a damn flight ticket! For

mind

had angered Philip! He

he was going to get

again, sounding like the tolling of

dare to pick

Not at all!

hesitation, he forced a smile and answered the call, cold sweat covering his brow. “Hello, M-Master Clarke. Are you back

end, Philip said very calmly, “Not yet, but Nino Gil ticked me off.

a waste of brain space anyway! A huge idiot! You gotta kill him, Master Clarke! Finish him off! If you don’t want to dirty your hands, I’ll come

emanated from the phone

on the couch calmly. As for Nino, his entire body had

Master Zach, betrayed him

the scariest part. What was worse was that Master Zach, whose

It was all over!

quickened. He fell onto his butt on the floor, his

The call ended.

bar was

were all

Nino

them did not even dare to stay on their feet.

gave the cue and Theo gave the order accordingly. In an instant, several dozen institutions of all sizes all across Riverdale were immediately taken

a

everything up, uprooting all of Nino’s forces clean from the

It was all over.

stood up coolly and walked past the destroyed Nino. He left just like that, without even

his men and

Thane and the lady secretary left