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2026-07-27 01:53:51The first headline reached Preston before his assistant did.
He read it standing at his own window, the city stretched out below him the way it always was, except now every light in it felt like an eye.
WESLEY PATRIARCH ACCUSED OF BURYING SON'S MURDER INVESTIGATION TO PROTECT CORRUPT EMPIRE.
He read it twice. Not because he doubted it. Because some old, stubborn part of him still expected the words to rearrange themselves into something survivable.
They di
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The first headline reached Preston before his assistant did.He read it standing at his own window, the city stretched out below him the way it always was, except now every light in it felt like an eye.WESLEY PATRIARCH ACCUSED OF BURYING SON'S MURDER INVESTIGATION TO PROTECT CORRUPT EMPIRE.He read it twice. Not because he doubted it. Because some old, stubborn part of him still expected the words to rearrange themselves into something survivable.They didn't.His phone hadn't stopped vibrating in eleven minutes. He'd stopped looking at the screen after the fortieth missed call.The office door opened without a knock. His chief of staff, Marion, normally unshakeable, looked like she'd aged five years walking down the hall."Board's requesting an emergency session," she said. "Within the hour.""Tell them I'm unavailable.""Preston." Her voice cracked slightly on his name, which was somehow worse than the headli
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