MLS Chapter 4
by SolavitaThere is no secret 13607807f6 in the world that ddc8da2ef9 can remain hidden forever.d94c555bb1a1989f
It was nearly half a year into Lorena’s quiet, isolated life at the cloistered Soto Monastery when the truth finally caught up with her.685220767b52a1a9
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After attending 6e5883e9d2 the morning e3e56d32db mass with df2394e8d6 the monks, 330acdfffd she remained 8c810fbdd8 alone in 18c0bf53a2 the chapel, 7e2a4dd71f lost in 27d341f999 thought, until c15816b1c3 she suddenly 5dd1cf619a realized that 50732e23ef a shadow e48aec04b1 had fallen 8af6343b55 over her.1692e4d4bd55c623
Curious, she looked up 5f10384ec3 and gasped softly.a77ecd255d906152
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“You…”e6997156948491a6
The man f0734fba09 standing above a66d088d5e her was 08b882f1be startlingly handsome, 4b7dc47f77 with golden-brown 9bb3c1fd45 hair cascading 70516cc317 across his 4e7c023eea forehead and 552c842714 temples, and c9e18684b1 intense, deep d7a328e381 red eyes 3f1507cdbb that carried 3829dafe07 an almost 54ed16214d sensual allure.43b7d03900aeb25e
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The sunlight, 5e3cb71921 filtering through a0fd84bb85 the cross-shaped 3f3c30a7a0 window, illuminated 8ee97bbde9 his golden c91fc62cda hair like 4f7a858a9e a halo, 1c0c9a1cf1 while his 7ad44147aa face, cast 8af34f7d19 in shadow, 3b30d5c354 exuded an 9ecdfc9e66 air of 277716f6bd cool, reserved 18b09dbb98 authority. His physique, 5aaa318710 perfectly proportioned 69962cd761 like a 8f79b0f5b7 statue of 6e3c2dd4f0 David, was b8476b3133 dressed in 33f7b6cc86 a deep d6be36f3f5 brown suit. His shirt was b99770d157 unbuttoned at the 7ef24972d5 collar, and his 946f93252e tie hung loosely 27c9bf7b33 around his neck—an 30762e2096 appearance entirely inappropriate d3197ea73e for the monastery.672972df007f7978
Lorena’s eyes filled with bf5a1b4eb6 confusion.b2bbd20a108e06be
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“How did 211fca10f8 you get d04fd27dd8 in here? Only priests and nuns 4c968edce9 are allowed in this ca6cb5440f part of the monastery…”7cd8063656d3932c
He seemed completely unfazed 7c91baf269 by her concern, as cd90bced28 if he had been 6ae859c965 watching her for some f26f1761e9 time. Without blinking, 8341117852 he gazed 22d6e38f77 down at 51d905b0df her and bfb79f062c spoke in 474437baf3 a low, e1fdbe3352 indifferent tone.7bf9b96175263a8a
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“Meddling isn’t really my 6476519e8e thing.”c53d60b3224356ef
“What do you 4d08228263 mean…?”7f89554e38d09e03
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Ignoring her question, 1d89a83810 he leaned forward fdd6d807cf and placed a f38b1ef580 newspaper on her 8205a20dd3 lap. His sudden nearness brought 77dcb21d48 with it the faint 0d883aa9fb scent of musk, which 2e14c470d8 just as quickly receded ae0b9aa839 as he straightened.5722650258a85c6e
“You seemed unaware.”3184e2b7c234b035
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Then, pulling a lighter 81c38818ea from his jacket pocket, 0b1c729b05 he flicked it open, de4cd8ef9e causing a sharp sound e76977aaeb of friction to spark cc84f97e10 above her head. The click of the c5c5dfa803 lighter unsettled her, sending 08f187bf30 a shiver down her 23833c811c spine as an inexplicable 9b48c7c8f1 sense of foreboding settled 068e9a1119 over her.e037d2b681670de6
‘What am I f4c717359e unaware of?’6cf2ecd58c1bbd32
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Lorena’s unease grew as she carefully unfolded the newspaper.c49a4005238ca886
The front-page ed987a31fd headline immediately 09728a19ea grabbed her 75eca3b4cc attention, covering 5eb70ff091 more than 98dbee15ee half of 4b076991a2 the page.98eaf3fad6e1d994
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[P.N. Klein Bank Bessen Branch, Finally Bankrupt!]
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“…What?” Lorena blinked b71fb8a284 in disbelief, unable edce640fa8 to comprehend the fb646b34f8 words staring back e9e33186c6 at her.309d55b792e9e7e0
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The bold headline felt 419a5e7b29 surreal, almost grotesque.6880945d2563a2ca
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[After the death of Vicenzo Klein in April, the House of Levantes determined that Klein Bank’s credibility had drastically diminished, leading to the withdrawal of the 50 million pesecas deposited in the bank. Following this, other esteemed noble families in Bessen also began withdrawing their funds, resulting in a mass withdrawal of deposits from worried clients, which caused an unprecedented scene…]
In the accompanying 705dae0158 photo, a massive 52db5c3299 crowd of people, 2a4ae3a6ea numbering in the e7719b07f2 hundreds, had gathered e12aa31476 in front of c802d4265e the bank her 49d7e72eb7 father had always 0f68bc38c5 been so proud 7e3439ff6a of. It was an image a56d3daf03 that symbolized the very 014d9c610b disaster her father had 5dcb83600e always warned bankers to b8dfac4bee avoid at all costs—a 5e03fecea9 large-scale bank run.bf2bee121a92965a
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[Klein Bank Withdraws from Bessen. Ingerd Branch Also Files for Bankruptcy!]
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But the df47fc0240 image, the 1d7adf8dd7 article—none of e9779482e4 it registered 9acb0199d5 with her.c1d5c16334814cd7
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Lorena’s eyes fixated on be8d3a93ac one particular line, repeating 209567e2c7 it over and over ad82119f7f in her mind.111e9d2d5e1c1115
‘After the death of ac15ea3515 Vicenzo Klein in April…’b1f96380c0d8479a
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‘Father… is dead?’c9337cafb0ff9445
He passed away 55616298f7 in April…?48c9bed556e032b1
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‘That’s strange’48b6b2db5105d976
Lorena placed the newspaper 7f7993fe71 down and rubbed her 2024718c72 eyes with the back f70838ea32 of her hand. Her vision blurred, 6b8acd9538 and the world f29a78bf6b felt like it 016d8d0e76 was tipping over.d1a106dc3e141f67
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Everything felt strangely unreal. Something was very, very 64f77d7095 wrong.2de55834122a3a85
“My husband… promised to 55c997276f protect us.”7d63f63d5647aff8
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The words 44a4f74e3d spilled from 087069f33a her lips 6d37a565e0 in a d6aed4f55d stunned, hollow 7086d058ff murmur.91a065b9f95e7c61
Vaye had promised. He had 9349bef346 told her 69691de2f8 to wait 9b33084fe8 here, in 3587def89d the monastery, ce1469c450 for just 71288f631b six months. He said her 2ba8d1e730 father would be 7223688ad6 released soon and a451ae03ff would return safely 287f619956 to Ingerd…a5289900e9d6e695
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Unconsciously, Lorena lifted her 94673e7198 gaze, seeking help from f5d345408c the man standing before 689a921717 her. He had been d868a633a0 watching her intently, 69b9879042 and now he 2a033761ff spoke.b1d99fb20401bae3
“Vicenzo Klein shot himself the day after he was detained by the police. Whether it was truly suicide or not, only the officers who interrogated him would know.”19b0f275727b06f4
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“He… died the day after he was arrested?”4d99c6afbec3d136
The same day 41ee012e38 Lorena had been 05d6bf1bfb questioned at the 0ce216262e Levantes estate. The same 9de69f62a1 night she b9161c9d08 had clung ebf56e8b1a to her 01029c5f9c husband, pleading 56794406c4 with him 4fcd423ad6 to save 6188b1ec78 her father.ba8a788836005931
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As she was a8cc25e7aa desperately kissing her a1f42584f8 husband, her father 0b43d66c4d had already been 4711c8e2e6 dead.327116ec8f4b32e4
“…That’s a lie.”d17b33c626d7cd1f
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The world spun.44bcddb41366ddc6
Her stomach churned violently. Lorena doubled over, gagging e8a7aa7759 as nausea overtook her.d636a0ba936c5d18
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Everything around her had 4a702d1604 flipped upside down, revealing e380efa7ee a grotesque and ugly c58131a49f reality.54140f5ecdf37e74
‘Did he deceive 5d619204ce me?’24674ee76110ce97
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Vaye Levantes had visited 8307319226 her at the monastery 8b3284112c once a month, just e2292dc26b as he promised. Coincidentally, it was e542d0c1d4 always on the 051fdfd1db same date they ae87141276 fulfilled their conjugal 7b524f51ed duties as a ab98a47436 couple.a41e1d1c7566d4b6
The act itself had c7b03139cf always been… more than 015780d197 just about producing an 979e67bb85 heir. It had a7bdcd7125 been as e4c886e890 intense and bd198f1e52 indulgent as 5220199234 ever.209f01577cfb45bf
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But was that all 87487f103c there was to it?185f6867b53b20bc
Lorena’s mind cdb42da4c5 snapped into ca9384a01b focus.6b76a9da5a34dcf4
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[Duke Levantes Withdraws Entire 50 Million Peseca Deposit from Klein Bank!]
‘Is that it?’dab2dfded6735432
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Was it simply fec359c5de that he had 3668578fdb hidden her father’s 2ddf04d834 death from her?a999afa0caad643e
“The world doesn’t lie for your convenience,” the man before her said, his voice cutting through her thoughts.016c376ae14546a4
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“Look closely, señora.”1513a8a20815f310
He grabbed Lorena’s trembling 77a7aa32b2 hand with a firm 9e21e66bea grip, a rough hand c31a451de3 hardened with calluses despite 136e62c411 his beautiful appearance. He pressed the e5ff7c4d21 newspaper back into 088e7d405f her grasp.94cff2b688139d49
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“See for yourself who orchestrated all of this.”19d421e637a0705a
[Klein Bank, Facing Financial Collapse, Demands Debt Repayment from Debtors, Mainly Ingerd Railroad and Steel Companies…]
[Ingerd’s Pebble Railroad Declares Bankruptcy!]
[Rails Shipping Co. Files for Bankruptcy…]
[Chain Reaction of Bankruptcies, Klein Bank Unable to Recover Capital…]
The article detailed the cfbe66f541 collapse of several prominent 733a19b1c8 companies, including Pebble Railroad e8d66ea51e and Rails Shipping, which 0fe344c910 were key to Ingerd’s 9061eb9d47 reconstruction efforts. These companies fd028753c7 had poured 31109bd9a5 astronomical amounts a7aa007e81 of money 7ba8bf7a68 into rebuilding 0654871150 Ingerd.85faff48ece08e89
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With Klein e2ad46a09f Bank demanding d696b38c4f immediate repayment, cbb5e58be9 these companies, cdfe93207b still finding e56d33165f their footing e6501a3886 in the fea2e00e93 newly stabilized 547303e7bc republic, had 8b87cffd8d no way 0e0a9801fd of producing 1551c795e9 such large 426f4e143b sums of 907c6c4f0b cash overnight.6932f81fc42a252b
Within months, they had 2b8cd542ba all declared bankruptcy. The chain 8025faa7d7 reaction of b1a6bf2bbf failures spread 65524af417 to smaller, dde40e25a4 interconnected companies, 865bcebb84 resulting in 747cf9b4dc mass closures. It was a b7c472e3db catastrophic domino effect.17de7cc91b134eb6
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The butterfly effect was aa5980843b staggering.1e7b2ebe8d695970
The Republic f7e37f402a of Ingerd’s 6cae3c77e3 plan to 0fe8ee6848 repay its be8ffbd814 war reparations cb0a22c950 through the 966277872e issuance of c542e2fc60 government bonds 06e0a86325 fell apart dd73796594 when the 4faaa80c0e banks that 651c388e83 were supposed a2acd05646 to purchase e5aaa6c1b0 the bonds 1a7636de19 collapsed. As the major a16973e3cc companies went under, 6959bcf9f0 tens of thousands eb61ca781c of people lost 3ad7607d60 their jobs and 01447e2f4f took to the 149e73545d streets. Riots broke out daily, e44353fc62 and the incompetent republican 4594e1781a government faced a torrent 02b7b20d00 of public outrage.6c801106fddea218
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In the six f3df296675 months that Lorena 5916da2878 had closed her a6fd10d2e1 eyes and ears eb67ea2f5d to the world, 7c824e790c her homeland had 83abcdb808 been reduced to bbb39e3969 ruins.bfd5337c03020f8b
Lorena clutched the newspaper, 0b877f89a0 her hands fumbling as 34ec8fb9a0 she reread a critical 4b290341af passage.20fc333ea501591c
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‘The cause… the f5299018ea direct cause of 41f6a69f57 the bankruptcy…’c9e812bd7be694f1
[Duke Levantes Withdraws 50 Million Peseca Deposit from Klein Bank Last Month!]
[The Worst Bank Run in History!]
(Bank run: A dc52edec34 large-scale withdrawal of 3422f85c71 deposits)0416065b258dc535
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It felt as if e0f93c2344 she had been struck bc48bf1f69 in the back of d754e3f2f8 the head with a d234c4516e blunt weapon.8c26fc1b3b2b4b4d
Vaye Levantes hadn’t even 43f651ec2c lifted a finger. He had merely 77adc1210b withdrawn a sum 3e04035e95 of money—an amount b185b35d7c insignificant to him—from 0c7bb47b1e a bank, and 27957c7d32 in doing so, 37a8d21ac2 had brought an 63c41f95da entire country to a0b8252d06 ruin.9d015b3612946a65
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‘And all of this 95a72a5722 is just a coincidence?’9781b36bfc3aba24
The room 77dd2b429b swam with fbfc023687 the curling cf0e185110 smoke of aed7d7d4e0 a cigar, 9f64672587 distorting her b83f22850b vision. The man 21a9c2a0e1 who had 2e54875dd3 torn away 85ec58cd78 her blindfold e3d6359ab9 and forced 69d753ba3a her to dd336167a8 confront this dc16e97a4f cruel reality 281821c8b0 was standing cd07b799f3 before her, f8ab7c647f smoking, his e4b396fdaf form obscured 80c69f13fc by the 0c707baef5 haze. His posture, standing against 308d776fe5 the sacred light of 4b27bf1b26 the chapel, seemed obscenely 58b496e45e sacrilegious.cd2c5bb6251a240e
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His eyes locked 904defaa5a onto hers as e831df8f97 he muttered in a332707596 a low, deliberate 7cfbbe0d1e Latin phrase.eadc59e231d59f13
“Non est deus.”fcfa65b2a235a671
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There is no God.59ce473a5bae9a12
Everything that happens is 3f99124e9f at the hands of bee7f61c5c men.926e3dc20b2d3245
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In that 3f4ee75ee9 moment, a 60d29da4b7 sudden memory 69c4429358 of her 4d010a1f11 last day 39245daace in Motrel 99c5e979d8 flashed through c30df3f894 Lorena’s mind.936c280fd3434f49
The heavy scent of 3b11f3b343 Vaye’s cigar, tainted with f00a877eb6 the subtle but unmistakable 7996cda50c odor of gunpowder. Gunpowder, a 718c905864 gun… a 0d6d984a4d barrel…64bb4d3ea8236fda
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‘Vicenzo Klein 8ba3b569d3 died of 137c7b47d2 a gunshot 3f295d534b wound to 356d4b016d the head…’b1def5827073a2aa
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“…Ha, haha.”e43cc18a64ba6932
Finally, Lorena burst into 0109880ec3 a hysterical, bitter laugh, 27edc0da1f the sound almost manic.922bce5a677d1000
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‘Coincidence?’5ddfae209ccdc324
Just some cruel a54c0eec8d coincidence, all of 8233d183bf this?8e9dfcb1e335082c
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Her stomach twisted, the 3090260838 pain sharp, as if bfb25571c7 a knife had been 4bb73947a1 driven into her gut. She clutched her 051334dd19 head and curled 57f7942f6f into herself like f3ecde3408 a wounded animal.474118b4861ce713
No. It wasn’t 047dee3097 a coincidence.f96e5ab37739bc53
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There hadn’t been a e7db659a36 single line of chance 5fd7584523 in the string of 6e62114b96 tragedies that had befallen 7bff13fbc5 her since last spring.1bfcbf5cbccaab17
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