Chapter 63: San Diego Naval Base
Filming inside the studio wrapped up quickly.
Now came the real heart of the movie—everything that took place on the warship.
But when the entire crew was relocated to the S...
Filming inside the studio wrapped up quickly.
Now came the real heart of the movie—everything that took place on the warship.
But when the entire crew was relocated to the S...
For someone like Alex, the Mogadorians weren’t a threat.
They were a checklist—something to be dealt with, eventually, when time permitted.
Once he had their locations, wiping...
With Emma’s confirmation and his own recollection of Smith and Number Six’s identities, Alex finally had a full picture.
Lorien survivors.
On the run for decades.
D...
After wrapping up the final pieces of discussion with Marcus and the other elders, Alex didn’t linger in the gloom of the castle.
Though the clan now bore his name… though every vampire ...
“Elder Marcus!”
“Elder Victor! Elder Amelia!”
The names echoed through the vast ceremonial hall, now transformed from a battlefield into a banquet of reverence and cel...
When it came to the chef's question, Henry—ever the outsider—naturally had no answer.
But embracing the philosophy of "Since I’m here, I might as well make myself comfortable,"...
“Chef! One steak, please—I’m so hungry I could eat a whole cow!”
Henry strolled into the on-set dining area—a fully equipped cafeteria staffed by a private chef team hired ...
Hiss—
Hiss—
Hiss—
The sound of sharply drawn breaths echoed throughout the silent hall, slicing through the heavy air like needles.
One by one, every immortal in t...
Gulp.
Gulp.
The quiet sound of throats swallowing echoed through the vast hall.
It repeated again and again—awkward, forced, loud in the silence. The room, once filled wi...
Rebekah might not have dared to attack Alex…
But that didn’t mean Alex would let her walk away.
He’d already killed Niklaus and Elijah—two of the three Originals. Leaving ...
Crack. Crack. Crack.
It was a grotesque symphony of splintering bone and twisting sinew.
Right before their eyes, Niklaus’ broken neck began to realign. Vertebrae snapped ba...
After wrapping up his B-movie gig, Henry transitioned smoothly into the Under Siege production team—no fanfare, no fuss.
On day one, the first thing he noticed at the assembly poin...
"Good news, Henry—I've got good news!"
Marianne’s voice chirped excitedly over the phone.
Henry had just started dinner. The braised pork was still simmering, and the rice coo...
Ever since Henry got the green light to modify the kitchen, he’d quietly taken that as blanket permission to upgrade everything else in the house too.
Structural stuff? Untouched. ...
“Henry Brown!”
The assistant, running herself ragged, called out several names in rapid succession. Henry followed the group into the studio building.
A vacant set—curre...
Marianne didn’t open the salad right away, of course. That wouldn’t be polite—or classy. Instead, she pulled a file from behind the desk and slid it across to Henry.
> “Yo...
Thud.
The wordless ripple through the crowd echoed louder than any outburst.
Marcus froze for just a breath. Then, slowly, a smirk curled at the corner of his mouth—cold, sh...
“Niklaus? Why is he here?”
“This is going to be troublesome.”
At the Mikaelson family’s table, the atmosphere tightened.
Elijah and Rebekah exchanged glances,...
Alex couldn’t have cared less about being ignored.
In fact, the lack of attention suited him just fine.
No forced small talk. No sycophantic flattery. No one trying to use h...
The leading vampire entered with the calm poise of a king attending his own coronation. He wore an exquisitely tailored robe of black velvet, embroidered with silver thread that shimmered s...
"This is the Supreme One chosen by Marcus and the others? A… mortal?"
At the head of the grand hall, a lively and beautiful girl who looked no older than a high school student rais...
"We will return with you!"
Before Smith could elaborate further, he stepped forward decisively, cutting off any hesitation and declaring his allegiance to Alex.
"Smith!"
Being publicly roasted by Tony Stark and some random passerby had Justin Hammer fuming. He jabbed a finger toward the stranger and snapped,
> “What the hell do you know? Just th...
Tony Stark’s public humiliation was quickly tossed to the back of his mind—he was never one to dwell on failure.
After writing two checks—one as a donation to the university li...
After leaving the campus dining hall, Tony Stark headed straight for the public computer terminals in the university library.
Sure, the Stark estate in Malibu had a computer setup th...
“Hey, you guys heard of that... weird BBS?”
“Which university set it up?”
“None. Not any known school, and definitely not some research lab big shot either.”
Truth be told, the explosion wasn’t nearly as powerful as it looked.
That wasn’t surprising. If they’d actually packed the car with a dangerous amount of explosives—enough to...
Even with his face buried in the leather seat of the convertible, Henry could hear the director shouting in frustration.
He pulled himself up from his sprawled position and hopped ou...
On paper, Henry’s situation wasn’t that complicated.
In Hollywood, most rules existed more for appearances than for enforcement. Where there’s a regulation, there’s a workaro...
Beneath all the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, the machine that actually powered the entertainment industry was built on a brutal mix of money, hierarchy, and survival-of-the-fittest polit...