Chapter 3: The Man They Couldn't Kill

The bullet should have ended everything.

That was the plan.

That was always the plan.

Yet as the storm raged outside Blackwood Estate, Sebastian Blackwood sat alone in his study, staring at a file that should not exist.

A file containing proof that his plane crash four years ago had never been an accident.

Someone had wanted him dead.

Someone with money.

Power.

Access.

Someone close enough to know his travel schedule, security routes, and private communications.

Someone he had trusted.

The grandfather clock struck midnight.

Sebastian opened the folder.

Inside were photographs recovered from Gregory Hastings' encrypted servers after his arrest.

Bank transfers.

Private messages.

Security reports.

And one image that made his blood run cold.

A photograph of him.

Taken three days before the crash.

The timestamp showed it had been captured from inside Blackwood Aviation's private terminal.

Someone had been watching him.

Tracking him.

Preparing.

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