The "honor" that the "rude man" Marcus Brelock defended with his life could not prevent his father, Old Elton, from making a decision in extreme grief and realistic consideration.
After the family doctor, urgently summoned, gave Old Elton a sedative and provided brief care, the machinery of this ancient Texas family began to operate with high efficiency under the actual control of the second son, Kohl.
Marcus's body was quickly and discreetly handled, and to the outside, it was declared as "an unfortunate hunting accident."
Meanwhile, through a secret satellite phone line, Kohl conveyed the Breloque family's final decision to the Mexican side: full cooperation.
Their submission was astonishingly weighty and deadly, not just a verbal commitment, but a full disclosure of the core secrets of the Southern logistics system of the Texas provisional government, along with the tangled interest networks among several powerful families and numerous shadowy transaction records.
