MLS Chapter 4

There is no secret 2847a48016 in the world that f40ee058e9 can remain hidden forever.857b46e3be8f97fd

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.7eb7ee7fa4b7cfbc

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After attending 8e8298745d the morning 3003f14619 mass with 87675dbb62 the monks, fd9463d6c7 she remained babe4775d4 alone in c2dec254a8 the chapel, 9e654c5146 lost in ce82666428 thought, until f8cfae9588 she suddenly 36de503193 realized that d7d0061dcf a shadow 31c61cadbc had fallen 22980eef0a over her.da7a257a8906f706

Curious, she 33a155f5c2 looked up 9c9b32e768 and gasped d12afbfd85 softly.f5c226fef0e8e161

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“You…”a4976e01e8b91576

The man 4f2d863e31 standing above 6cbfac0803 her was 6d03f1e324 startlingly handsome, bd409d3699 with golden-brown 96ad30fa54 hair cascading 823f460466 across his 198ad15be1 forehead and fec7c8486a temples, and aa16653179 intense, deep 659d39221d red eyes 91fa05e88a that carried 87fad7189d an almost cf8781b6b3 sensual allure.59d0d755faaee229

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The sunlight, 0b4ddc969d filtering through 69fb08895f the cross-shaped 38d3bf14cb window, illuminated 968bd3c938 his golden 442ddcd2ab hair like 4f5dbd0633 a halo, a2a085a22c while his 8c51a01172 face, cast 7f04599a5c in shadow, e61db857e2 exuded an 40d8f36363 air of 2a95b07ad1 cool, reserved df2f4796ec authority. His physique, d94a6cded7 perfectly proportioned 9bf42e56e4 like a d1aadf97fb statue of 6a650ff47f David, was c16516ce40 dressed in 168f2c6f3a a deep 315c58ab7f brown suit. His shirt a40619e098 was unbuttoned dc60a75340 at the 74febb4d75 collar, and c5d8c5ff9f his tie 96da018007 hung loosely a9ee2a06a9 around his 352ad457e2 neck—an appearance a54656a472 entirely inappropriate 85b9299896 for the 979b6865d4 monastery.fd78025f8f69a075

Lorena’s eyes filled with 6674aafe7b confusion.56ceb7624d0d81a6

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“How did 4be3a66633 you get 9b54de1d95 in here? Only priests and a516687901 nuns are allowed 1edd28fec9 in this part a0ea17ba5c of the monastery…”011e5a39b5c2cbd7

He seemed completely unfazed 6044ad1ddd by her concern, as fc87cfe9e2 if he had been 440e3cc9f3 watching her for some 1329e00662 time. Without blinking, he gazed 2e454a998d down at her and 9901e0abd7 spoke in a low, ab9516227a indifferent tone.8a7b95e304982c8b

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“Meddling isn’t really my e9cec46701 thing.”95acf192889d7e71

“What do fcb064df54 you mean…?”60adc9dc69627f2d

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Ignoring her b65411cc18 question, he 5fe8833066 leaned forward fb7c3f7c38 and placed fc0c73d493 a newspaper 9cbb9d3701 on her 564a628ac2 lap. His sudden nearness f53a263914 brought with it bc9c6f43f8 the faint scent 5b6946ff55 of musk, which 2c9cdd2b8c just as quickly 2bfae4e608 receded as he 54b496092a straightened.cf366b262ad44ba1

“You seemed unaware.”e00ee19c905b94ec

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Then, pulling a 6a7f34bca7 lighter from his 41ba52e498 jacket pocket, he bd6d99edc2 flicked it open, 82302a020a causing a sharp 2393e3dd87 sound of friction ebe6dc330f to spark above fe6aa118c7 her head. The click 46448804a3 of the dbc3582674 lighter unsettled 04fbfa7a7b her, sending 6af0091d27 a shiver a9f56e18f6 down her d3052e4fce spine as 56c480b047 an inexplicable 22f6f78df9 sense of 670ad6c6a1 foreboding settled ca76250b06 over her.918cc1971a2caa37

‘What am I ebd843e065 unaware of?’ebae4ac1c0b6b44d

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Lorena’s unease grew as she carefully unfolded the newspaper.5755823950107285

The front-page headline d4447d7e30 immediately grabbed her f38a6c89e1 attention, covering more fa562be658 than half of 1f7a3b9094 the page.9fb4f98813eb2f45

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[P.N. Klein Bank Bessen Branch, Finally Bankrupt!]

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“…What?” Lorena blinked fade8e73bc in disbelief, unable 2f7a689ed4 to comprehend the 36a38b70c6 words staring back f33ea61cd0 at her.79681732c6f6f199

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The bold headline fe3ddbef8d felt surreal, almost 2bad46e462 grotesque.14ad7e85bb41b497

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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 c325a8ee82 accompanying photo, 04814334c3 a massive 6f953efab1 crowd of 3e64ac5d24 people, numbering fefc2f111c in the 883fbcc116 hundreds, had a8a529a7db gathered in 1dd3a73572 front of bf845a7007 the bank 92c0c1674e her father c434050b9f had always f43fafe7c2 been so f5bc6f91f1 proud of. It was fda79ffe29 an image 56e53f3267 that symbolized b9dcd40677 the very bc3b3e95fd disaster her 4155e7e14b father had 4194ebf18a always warned 0f2ec2f7f7 bankers to 834aaad7f1 avoid at fa7def3309 all costs—a 06a6ad5aa7 large-scale bank 0ad85340f7 run.3057b572f5355350

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[Klein Bank Withdraws from Bessen. Ingerd Branch Also Files for Bankruptcy!]

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But the image, the d2fb710d60 article—none of it registered fd173f563d with her.6f5e6478adeecf33

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Lorena’s eyes fixated on 0e9789811a one particular line, repeating db465ffa0c it over and over ce148156fa in her mind.d438f4d6c0cf2c00

‘After the 40325f962e death of 86b86217fa Vicenzo Klein 7fa555608e in April…’e45a7fb39232497f

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‘Father… is dead?’7a3d0d2b3fc1135f

He passed away 4036e51ea9 in April…?a52162e324006b19

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‘That’s strange’51edb3f7ff6173cb

Lorena placed the 4f91a34212 newspaper down and c8b5ce6b3b rubbed her eyes 5561f67c4b with the back e84e736467 of her hand. Her vision blurred, and 1817d9eb5b the world felt like 92e1c2a334 it was tipping over.dfa28bfbdd67f6e8

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Everything felt fcadceeb5e strangely unreal. Something was db295eb558 very, very f95fd633f3 wrong.d6dc9d95e02fcf7b

“My husband… promised 15e824070f to protect us.”010149999b302e67

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The words spilled bb14365a94 from her lips a0d70fb58b in a stunned, 23f22bf79c hollow murmur.866ad3ce832c9e80

Vaye had promised. He had 51e3afaa74 told her db35fdde92 to wait ca6fdf5d3d here, in a4d7e3e4e1 the monastery, b5b6af8ce3 for just 76bc319794 six months. He said her father 3af370d90b would be released soon f1aec73724 and would return safely e910fe8b1e to Ingerd…8a50c569aba9f6b3

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Unconsciously, Lorena lifted 221fa39a91 her gaze, seeking d8e4b82cc2 help from the bac959fc3b man standing before ead3cfefdd her. He had c9e08074ee been watching 3535840a7e her intently, 9a88565b7b and now 7b60a7f315 he spoke.fd8c450aef45c10c

“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.”935afbdbf1b32fc8

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“He… died the day after he was arrested?”6651d42aa7d0ef73

The same day Lorena 5268e249c3 had been questioned at d0457caa3b the Levantes estate. The same bdebc07a7f night she 1b76f5f142 had clung ba4a1bfe98 to her e03cb871f1 husband, pleading d0a38a76f8 with him 2787a3398a to save 2e8f11443f her father.2b9a50466c7815d1

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As she c3a984115c was desperately fa3820aa33 kissing her 225a0b6bff husband, her 4201d38160 father had 6f5baa1485 already been 1261e2c093 dead.a2a87ecccb5c7f14

“…That’s a lie.”ee12eaa0d9fea9f4

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The world spun.b506f2a1e0468a20

Her stomach dd49fd529d churned violently. Lorena doubled over, gagging 0affe29226 as nausea overtook her.74a31c25ce0e62ed

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Everything around her had dc77f838ca flipped upside down, revealing 89014682be a grotesque and ugly 225840c2cd reality.2123cc5cd2b1262b

‘Did he deceive f4e1e4af89 me?’dbf43c4e057b4d7a

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Vaye Levantes had visited 676e137659 her at the monastery f94d05f1f3 once a month, just f37bc0346d as he promised. Coincidentally, it was a24ffef371 always on the 12db8b4862 same date they b1838e9570 fulfilled their conjugal 95fd8a4a45 duties as a 85d4f6557d couple.0df899d4176faccb

The act a2f5ea0700 itself had d6188d7cf0 always been… c3082d8be6 more than d937433172 just about 8b36318974 producing an ab3553657f heir. It had been 4f23d12a3a as intense and 61268703a5 indulgent as ever.89bfd41a0f46c81e

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But was that all 9c8f1e19f2 there was to it?59613153c769fd94

Lorena’s mind 12c8563530 snapped into cfb96c34af focus.be9ba56fad0c5863

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[Duke Levantes Withdraws Entire 50 Million Peseca Deposit from Klein Bank!]

‘Is that it?’bc1a43d0ff890bae

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Was it simply 5535d16e83 that he had 7a0f12f424 hidden her father’s d05cca3a8e death from her?3ebeb03d4e65bad8

“The world doesn’t lie for your convenience,” the man before her said, his voice cutting through her thoughts.a23257cd2ffa1013

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“Look closely, señora.”f6b3293192610eb8

He grabbed Lorena’s 80c7f7501b trembling hand with 3869825469 a firm grip, 8c42f75881 a rough hand 9bcdcf3e74 hardened with calluses 3341c9e3e3 despite his beautiful 7a5db4592e appearance. He pressed the 2945f7025d newspaper back into 97a1e0863e her grasp.3a8dbe8c583bac5f

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“See for yourself who orchestrated all of this.”1da977f9a7afcad2

[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 c64c68a5d6 detailed the 5a5855d1c3 collapse of 5a718d8957 several prominent 51c9fce5ad companies, including f377a701e2 Pebble Railroad 86bdcf531b and Rails d6dd6025b9 Shipping, which 6d095bf456 were key 15f7b375cb to Ingerd’s b9d7e030cb reconstruction efforts. These companies had 7a59fd32b8 poured astronomical amounts a9be26dd58 of money into 396626e804 rebuilding Ingerd.dc533124dd3ff4a5

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With Klein Bank demanding 2681b7401e immediate repayment, these companies, dab72bf4ec still finding their footing 506371f5a6 in the newly stabilized beb8cb78dd republic, had no way 123afef115 of producing such large f6d4dea881 sums of cash overnight.1ca15a33509563ec

Within months, they 6accfc572c had all declared f6845ee99c bankruptcy. The chain reaction eeaa5481ba of failures spread 4155c119d0 to smaller, interconnected 4d8733b1b5 companies, resulting in 640189c650 mass closures. It was a catastrophic 99d77b2448 domino effect.9ccf6ed58327e42f

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The butterfly 5c42bd1e23 effect was 34c9861c09 staggering.68a7bd0a9a1748cb

The Republic bf1655a823 of Ingerd’s 5b7f56e509 plan to 91cafa0e5a repay its 62abfb4506 war reparations 5194f443e4 through the 83753fd04c issuance of c23b641e9a government bonds a0edb6bcc2 fell apart 4d870c1962 when the 3c5beb16ea banks that 0ec4bdbc2d were supposed f926b43a26 to purchase 1aa544a042 the bonds 222a1ace40 collapsed. As the eb1afd0dde major companies 13fc6d5480 went under, 4dc59f7e72 tens of cdf146873f thousands of 5902210775 people lost d3b41ab24c their jobs 19a3079bd3 and took a8b40eb8ef to the c84b580bbf streets. Riots broke out ae5b9cb8cc daily, and the e9138882fb incompetent republican government 79355c93a9 faced a torrent 43062503e6 of public outrage.98f3b2850d51de0f

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In the 4e03236e6b six months 8390c0d3c3 that Lorena 72c4090d44 had closed 3b3e73e7ab her eyes bce91ef168 and ears 21328f5e32 to the 5e2ce4f3de world, her 357b6d251c homeland had 25c99b0a49 been reduced e693664a7f to ruins.ffbc100eb53e4ffc

Lorena clutched 68d65073fb the newspaper, 2cb7d988cc her hands 2ac811e707 fumbling as e803ffabfb she reread 93ebdf6a54 a critical a21b58dd22 passage.c976e3fe7ab55a91

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‘The cause… the direct 19770ee0e2 cause of the bankruptcy…’e727ad04f52d355c

[Duke Levantes Withdraws 50 Million Peseca Deposit from Klein Bank Last Month!]

[The Worst Bank Run in History!]

(Bank run: A 45c843c313 large-scale withdrawal of 3209a90541 deposits)229c055c6cf53fad

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It felt as if fb39357221 she had been struck fdc6f5fb69 in the back of b7c6bfacc7 the head with a e8bc4dabb8 blunt weapon.2f41b74b6be61974

Vaye Levantes hadn’t even ea97b36199 lifted a finger. He had merely withdrawn cb7e354f2f a sum of money—an c9df80b12a amount insignificant to him—from 2843d2836e a bank, and in fbe37078f9 doing so, had brought 6c6c67d5d8 an entire country to d14d66814b ruin.506396f571cd04dd

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‘And all of ffa8f33be1 this is just dbf8f6c1e8 a coincidence?’357e2ad7801b2012

The room swam f46e1bf5f0 with the curling 33a7d78dfd smoke of a 14f4ec2a1c cigar, distorting her 8de8d3b156 vision. The man 1c01aef860 who had 7d2cda0724 torn away 8c0c7b6ef2 her blindfold cada6412f3 and forced db260ad2cc her to cca739c87c confront this 0dcfe0a817 cruel reality 7ca1b7d683 was standing 28bb87f419 before her, 6667256429 smoking, his 965db735f1 form obscured 67ef3784af by the 7a4aa504dc haze. His posture, standing against acbc31ebdf the sacred light of 0dcf5975d9 the chapel, seemed obscenely 86c329916f sacrilegious.dd2807096a6fe9ce

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His eyes locked onto 77adb0ac60 hers as he muttered 4c9a88502d in a low, deliberate 4a4619b27b Latin phrase.26b99d0a4a8361d6

“Non est deus.”372d98abaa8e24aa

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There is b71e36b968 no God.161867d4647de41e

Everything that happens 6a929ab22b is at the 90bc6b63e8 hands of men.894b850174410a9d

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In that 7669b1078a moment, a d34e0ad233 sudden memory a957f59286 of her 37947cb3b6 last day f681fe8410 in Motrel 561d14303a flashed through 42dda410e1 Lorena’s mind.fed4a2f4db5105d7

The heavy scent of c1c035d723 Vaye’s cigar, tainted with a036f65259 the subtle but unmistakable 440436a225 odor of gunpowder. Gunpowder, a gun… a 95d16bf16b barrel…650cc8170e3b73d2

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‘Vicenzo Klein 51a815b811 died of e810f3e169 a gunshot 251227d270 wound to 856d6c597f the head…’8de606bdef520986

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“…Ha, haha.”ba2e9b1df4654f43

Finally, Lorena burst into e3279ed764 a hysterical, bitter laugh, 2efe506d22 the sound almost manic.12e6e09c3b3488a6

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‘Coincidence?’ded608d80a019edf

Just some 8d95e34a72 cruel coincidence, dd056def9f all of 274f8dfa11 this?12030cdce3ee5c32

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Her stomach twisted, the ef85e51bd5 pain sharp, as if 91710eb971 a knife had been 58124d19e8 driven into her gut. She clutched her 1cf2878059 head and curled 6e3a2e0e48 into herself like ade883f7a5 a wounded animal.54c2af081549e6d7

No. It wasn’t a coincidence.547ab6387249d807

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There hadn’t been a 1db10699d6 single line of chance 2409f09135 in the string of 7d94fcaf19 tragedies that had befallen 9278b75797 her since last spring.c6ac78f2a1699c4f

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