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The Don's Heir: A Campus Underworld

Seeking a fresh start, Avery Chen, the abandoned daughter of a well-known mafia lord, enrolls in a top university. Rather, she discovers she is in the middle of a dangerous network of academics and criminal activities. Avery draws the attention of campus golden boy Lucas Sterling as she is bullied for her family ties but she politely denies his interest. Expert assassin Avery pays for her schooling by means of high-stakes operations. Her world meets Lucas's when she finds out he is in charge of a competitor criminal group. As Lucas and his estranged brother Damien come to see Avery could be the key to bringing their disparate groups together, Avery must negotiate her feelings, her mission, and the dangerous underground of college organized crime. Avery battles to find the truth about her father's desertion and create her own path, therefore her particular abilities both help and hinder her. Will Avery be swallowed by the criminal underworld in a society where loyalties shift like sand?

Aaron_Joshua_6501 · Urban
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139 Chs

Threads of Fate

Avery's world whirled as she looked at Damien, who had now been revealed as the Puppet Master. Her pulse raced, each beat a treachery. How long had he spent playing them all? 

 

"Surprised, little family?" Damien glared his words containing an edge she had never heard before. 

 

Avery's mind contended, piecing together fragments of their shared history. Every moment, every topic is now viewed from a new perspective. 

 

"Why?" she asked, her voice barely raised above a narrative. 

 

Damien's eyes glinted with a combination of triumph and darkness."Someone needed to keep the balance. To ensure that power did not get into the wrong hands. 

 

"Like yours?" Lucas muttered, stumbling to his feet beside Avery. 

 

Damien hardened his expression as he looked at his family."You didn't understand the big picture, Lucas. "You're always too caught up in your petty intentions."