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Chapter Eighty: The Spotlight Burns

The city skyline greeted Link like an old rival—tall, bright, and always watching. Glass towers glinted in the afternoon sun, each one housing people who whispered his name once with awe and now with speculation. Link Grey, the ghost, the recluse, the empire-builder who vanished without a trace.

Now he was back.

The moment his presence was known, the texts started flooding in. Old contacts, power players, investors, the curious, and the cautious. Invitations to dinners, meetings, and more. Some wanted to reforge alliances, others to test if the predator still had teeth.

Link stood in the heart of it all, his tailored suit crisp, his stride confident. The scent of the city—metal, sweat, ambition—hit his senses like a long-forgotten perfume. And beneath it, the animal in him stirred, reminded that this jungle was just another territory to reclaim.

The first round of meetings was a blur of polished tables, expensive coffee, and sly glances. Men in suit
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