The Quiet Cabal

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Summary

A night of betrayal sets everything into motion. Arthur, once trusted, is left for dead after a calculated act involving Kevin, Sirius, and the silent manipulator, Miller. While the conspirators believe they’ve erased him, Arthur survives—scarred, broken, but burning with a quiet, consuming desire for revenge. As time passes, the illusion of safety blinds the guilty. But Arthur hasn’t forgotten. To him, memory is sharper than any weapon—because while killers move on, victims never do. When he finally returns, it isn’t just for vengeance—it’s for truth. Under storm-lit skies, buried guilt begins to surface, loyalties fracture, and minds prove deadlier than fists. Arthur’s war is not just against those who betrayed him, but against the paranoia growing within himself. In a world where intentions clash with actions, and justice is more illusion than reality, one question remains: Was this revenge… or just another cycle of betrayal?

Status
Complete
Chapters
10
Rating
n/a
Age Rating
16+

A Fresh Beggining

The world of Arthur is at its apex. Fresh deals, new contracts, and his neverending grit for his success. The fairytale of his ambition never really seems to stop, it just rises up. To the world, Arthur is a shrewd statesman, a man with pure mettle, and also a man with a heart and a soul. Arthur is a six-foot man, with a clear face card, a soft messy quiff hairstyle, and with a frame of an athlete, seemingly all perfect, except the horror of his very mind.

Arthur always believes something haunts him, like hunting him down. But he doesn't know what it is, the ignorance of his very mind, or the illusion of his soul. He recently just received a contract, a highly prestigious one. Arthur is set to carry out this one by the next day. He returns home late at night, possibly because he was finalizing the plans. He has a deal to carry out, which is to convince the team to buy services from Aramco. Aramco is an obvious milestone to anyone, yet for a statesman, getting an opportunity to co-operate with Aramco is just like winning a world cup. And the fact that Arthur achieved this feat just after aiming a couple of years back, earned him a nonpareil status while most of the staff members were celebrating, some members were saying they are proud, but their eyes betrayed them. The eyes always speak what the tongue doesn't dare to. Truth is often on the surface, except we are blind enough to search them.