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CHAPTER FIFTY FOUR Before The Fall

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War, Lucian had learned, rarely announced itself with shouting.

Real war arrived politely.

It smiled across polished tables, asked after your mother, complimented your tie, and quietly arranged your funeral in the background.

By Friday morning, Moretti Industries looked exactly as it always had.

The lobby still gleamed.

Executives still moved through the building with expensive urgency.

Meetings still happened behind glass walls where everyone pretended numbers were more important than people.

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