Chapter 1411
“Back in the day, the Hardy n had fallen on hard times, deep in debt and having made more than a
few enemies. It wasmon knowledge that there were plenty looking to settle scores with the
Hardys, but every single one of them was thwarted by Yates‘
intervention.
With Yates‘ protection, no soul dared to hurt the Hardys; not even the darkest shadows could get close
to Pauline.
That was until Yates was strong–armed by his father into marrying Samantha. Pauline, feeling
betrayed, left, giving Gregory the chance. he’d been waiting for to exact his revenge.
Leading his band of thugs, Gregory ughtered Pauline’s entire family. Then, in a heinous act, he had
his goons take turns raping Pauline, who had just given birth.
The brutality was extreme; as my father told it, Pauline was left more than just physically broken–it was
a cruel, cruel deed, and she died with her eyes open in defiance.
At that time, Gregory didn’t have the clout to cross Yates, so after the deed was done, he framed it to
look like the work of some other Hardy enemy.
Yates spent years searching for the truth, and it wasn’t until the Siren Organization emerged that he
started putting together the pieces. It was after many years that, inspired by the Siren Organization, he
founded Ace, spreading hiswork to hunt down members of the Siren Organization…”
Afterying out the whole twisted web of betrayal between Pauline, Timothy, and Yates, Mr. Penrod
looked up at theposed man across from him.
The one who truly ended Timothy was Yates himself, the master maniptor. Gregory was just ying
hitman for Samantha. Perhaps Samantha saw an opportunity to rid herself of a problem with Yates
nning to divorce her after their agreement ended. She simply decided to use Gregory as a pawn to
eliminate Pauline.”
Bernard’s face was a mask of controlled rage, almost as if he med Mr. Penrod for not revealing
these secrets sooner.
Facing Bernard’s icy demeanor, Mr. Penrod feltpelled to exin, “I didn’t tell you all this before
because, well, my aunt had a hand in it. It’s a rather sordid affair.”
Bernard snorted coldly, “The disgraceful acts don’t end with Samantha’s maniption. There’s also the
matter of the internal strife within Darkness, its dissolution, and its rebirth as the Siren Organization,
right?”
Darkness, originally founded by Gregory, was now under the control of Xavier Penrod.
The details of what happened in the interim, where Gregory and the other Darkness members had
gone, that was probably the most disgraceful part of it all.
“You are the one piece I can’t seem to control.”
Hearing it, Bernard remained silent.
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Seeing this, Mr. Penrod couldn’t help but smirk coldly before continuing indifferently.
“The name change goes back to my father. He once saved Gregory, who, out of gratitude, made him
his second–inmand. My father didn’t need these dark forces, given his own family’s status. But
the Penrod siblings were fiercely fighting over their inheritance, so my father leveraged this underworld
power to his advantage.
Eventually, a power struggle erupted between my father and Gregory. My father, wanting to take the
reins, began to plot Gregory’s downfall. But the loyalty was to Gregory and his son Victor Howard. So,
my father resorted to injecting Gregory’s IV with a lethal dose. Victor caught him in the act. My father
spared Victor at that moment, which led to Victor rallying the Darkness members against my father
Unexpectedly, not only did Victor fail to kill my father, he was overpowered and killed instead… So my
father took the opportunity to eliminate all of Gregory and Victor’s supporters within Darkness.
After the purge, he took his own loyalists, rebranded the organization based on the old Darkness
model, and named it the Siren Organization. His reign was short–lived, however, as he soon passed
away. After his death, my uncles and other rtives nominated me to lead the Siren Organization. I
was reluctant at first.”
Mr. Penrod paused, his gaze drifting through Bernard’s stoic facade to the graves of those long gone.
That year, your mother Tammie Pine, was driven to her death by your grandfather and Donna The
Pines, cowardly as ever, wouldn’t even acknowledge her wrongful death. And your father was left in the
dark, sinking into a grief he couldn’t escape. I stood before your mothers gravestone and swore to
strengthen the Siren Organization, to hamess the power of all the families and wipe out the Stanley.
Pine and Lourence familles
Mr Penrode eyes fell, it seemed as if he was recalling some unpleasant memory, his expression heavy
with the weight of it. Shido’s been for Leonard Laurence riding his white horse past Tammie at the
racetrack that day, she might never have
fleeting nce
He couldn’t help but see the parallels between himself and Timothy. It wasn’t that he was facing a
madman like Yates; rather, his adversary was the feeble heir of the Laurence family, the scion who
seemed to possess neither the strength of character nor the cunning required to be a true contender.
“Even though your father was never really a match for me, I despised him with every fiber of my being.
That’s why,ter on, I decided to take you under my wing, because…”
“Because I’m Leonard Laurence’s kid. You wanted to mold me into a sharp and handy de that you
could then use to get back at the Stanley, Pine, and Laurence families?” asked Bernard.