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Chapter 120: The Last Gambit

Author: Ernest Brooks
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-06 00:19:43
The Thorne Estate had never known silence like this. It wasn’t peace, it was anticipation. The deep, oppressive kind that came before the final blow. A calm that hummed with consequence.

Damon stood at the center of his private study, a man forged from fire, staring down the empire he was about to detonate. His hands were steady, but his eyes carried storms. The skyline outside shimmered like a memory - untouchable and distant.

Juliette entered without knocking, a leather folder in one hand, her heels silent against the floor. Her face was steel. No hesitation. No fragility.

“This is it,” she said.

Damon turned. “No turning back?”

She shook her head. “Not unless we want to be ruled by ghosts”.

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The Strategy

They had built the case with surgical precision: wire transfers, shell corporations, foundation audits, fake beneficiaries, and hush payments tied directly to the Thorne Foundation and Ce
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