# Chapter 101: The Key to the Dungeon
Hello, dear readers! Welcome back to our journey through the dramatic pages of *The Untouchable Ex Wife*. I hope you're all doing wonderfully today! Let me tell you — this chapter is absolutely heart-pounding. We've got tension, sudden revelations, a daring rescue attempt, and one massive cliffhanger that will leave you gripping your screen. So grab your favorite drink, settle in, and let's dive straight into the action together!
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The fortress of Benjamin was a place of fear and iron discipline. Every guard, every soldier knew the rules by heart: no one enters without a pass. Not even the master himself could barge through without the proper credentials — that was the decree Benjamin had set when he first raised these walls. And it was precisely this ruthless, unyielding order that had transformed the fort into a den of danger so terrifying that ordinary people dared not even approach its shadows.
But today, that iron rule would be tested.
At the gates, a guard stood firm before Amber, his expression respectful but immovable. "Miss Jenkins, I'm sorry. Without the master's order, we can't casually let anyone enter the dungeon."
Amber raised an eyebrow, her patience wearing thin. She wasn't about to let this man stand in her way — not when every second counted.
"Who told you I don't have a pass?" Her voice sliced through the air as she pulled a special document from her bag and thrust it toward him. "Look at it carefully. This is my dad's exclusive pass. With this, I can go anywhere and give any order I want. If you disobey me, you're disobeying my dad."
The guard hesitated, his eyes scanning the document with obvious unease. This was no forged trinket; it was the real deal — the kind of authority that made his knees tremble. To refuse meant defying the very system that had kept them all alive… but to obey the wrong person could mean a death sentence anyway.
"Umm…" he stammered, caught between loyalty and fear.
But then, in the dungeon below, a different kind of tragedy was unfolding. In the cold, suffocating darkness, Joanne sat on the damp floor, her face lit by the pale, flickering torchlight. A sad smile touched her lips as she turned to Renee.
"Finally… my time has come," Joanne whispered, her voice carrying an eerie calm.
Renee had been drifting in and out of drowsiness, but those words snapped her fully awake. "What is it? Where are you going?"
"I will be reborn again."
"Reborn?" Renee echoed slowly, confusion clouding her eyes. She studied her companion's strange expression. "Has that old man suddenly grown a conscience? Does he want to let you go?"
"Yeah… he wants to let me go." But Joanne's smile grew even more sorrowful, as if those words themselves were a painful lie she had to choke down. She reached out and wrapped Renee in a gentle embrace, whispering against her ear, "Miss Everhart, I'm glad I got to know you. If you get the chance… please say sorry to Mr. Hunt for me."
Renee stiffened. Then she scoffed, bitterness creeping into her voice. "He lied to you and fooled you, but you want to apologize to him?"
"Yes… I wronged him deeply. Many things aren't as they seem." Joanne pulled back slowly, her eyes shimmering with unspoken regrets. "I'm leaving."
She let go hesitantly, as if every inch of distance between them was a knife she had to twist into her own heart. Then, under the cold urging of the guard, Joanne shuffled out of the cell. The iron door groaned heavily behind her, sealing Renee in her prison once more.
For a long moment, Renee stood frozen, replaying Joanne's last words over and over in her mind. *I want to meet Stefan again before leaving. I want to say sorry to him…*
Suddenly — like a bolt of lightning — the truth crashed down on her. *Wait. Didn't Joanne tell me she had asked to meet Stefan one last time? Why would she ask ME to pass on the message instead?*
Her blood ran cold.
*Could it be… Benjamin didn't let her go at all?*
*Damn it, Renee! Why are you so dumb?!*
Helplessness and rage engulfed her all at once. Renee lunged toward the cell door, slamming her fists against the cold iron, her scream echoing through the stone corridor. "Let me out! What did you do to Joanne?! Let me go!"
The guard outside frowned, annoyed. Through the palm-sized hole in the door, he warned her in a low, menacing tone, "Be quiet. If you keep screaming, I'll be forced to use poisonous gas on you."
But Renee was beyond caring about threats. "Where did you take Joanne?! Let me go! I can give you a lot of money if you let me go —"
"Calm down," the guard interrupted flatly. "It'll soon be your turn. You'll know where they take Joanne later."
That only made Renee's desperation claw deeper into her chest. "Please, just let me go, okay? I have a lot of money! I can give you as much as you want. After all… this is just a job, right?" She was bargaining for her life — grasping at any thread of hope, any crack in their loyalty.
The guard, however, shook his head without an ounce of pity. "Just give up. We'd be doomed if we dare to take others' money after becoming the master's subordinates."
Benjamin's cruelty extended to every corner of this fort. He ruled like a dictator — every man under his command knew that disobedience meant death. There was no bribe high enough to outweigh the terror he instilled.
Renee felt hope draining out of her like sand through her fingers. She sank against the door, all her energy spent.
Just when all seemed lost — when darkness had nearly swallowed her completely — a commotion echoed from the corridor above.
Amber had arrived.
With Liam at her side, she marched down the dungeon steps and pointed directly at Renee's cell. "Let her go," Amber ordered, her voice sharp and commandingly cold.
The guard shifted nervously. "Miss Jenkins, I'm sorry. We can't casually let anyone in the dungeon go without the master's order."
"The pass IS the order," Amber shot back, her eyes narrowing like a hawk. "If you don't let her go, I'll ask my dad to punish you both."
"Miss Jenkins, we really can't do that. Please don't make things difficult for us… We—"
Before the guard could finish his excuse, Liam moved.
In a flash of motion so swift it left both guards gasping, he snatched the weapon from one guard's hands and ripped the iron key from the other's belt. His voice dropped to an icy, contemptuous calm.
"You should know that the secret rule of this fort is to act first and talk later."
Amber swallowed hard at his audacity — even she was surprised by his boldness — then quickly tucked the pass back into her bag.
Without another word, Liam turned and shoved the large key into the lock. The mechanism clicked. The heavy cell door groaned open.
He stepped inside, his eyes landing on the captive, and his tense shoulders relaxed almost imperceptibly with relief.
"Boss… are you okay?"
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Oh my goodness, what a moment to leave us on! Renee's rescue has begun, but at what cost? Joanne's fate hangs in the balance, Stefan is nowhere to be found, and Benjamin's fury has yet to descend upon them all. The tension in this story is absolutely unbearable — in the best possible way.
**Reader's Impressions & Star Rating:**
This chapter was a rollercoaster of raw emotion. The contrast between Joanne's heartbreaking quiet resignation and Renee's frantic, desperate realization was masterfully written. I could feel my heart clench when Joanne embraced Renee and asked her to apologize to Mr. Hunt one last time — she knows her death is coming, and yet her final wish is for forgiveness, not revenge. That's some beautifully painful irony.
And then we have Amber stepping up, and Liam going full action-hero mode with that "act first, talk later" line — *chef's kiss*. The pacing was excellent, the dungeon atmosphere was suffocatingly vivid, and the cliffhanger has me absolutely desperate for more.
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.9/5 Stars
**Next Chapter Prediction:**
I predict that Liam will quickly get Renee out of the fort, but danger won't be far behind. Benjamin will undoubtedly learn of the escape and unleash his most ruthless hunters to chase them down. Meanwhile, Joanne's fate will weigh heavily on Renee's mind — and if she discovers that Joanne has been scheduled for execution, she may convince Liam and Amber to risk everything to go back for her. On top of all that, Stefan Hunt's reaction to finally finding Renee — only to see her on the run from Benjamin's men — promises explosive confrontation ahead.
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