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Chapter 114: The Tactical Tether

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The Quinton Mansion was slowly exhaling. The frantic, high-frequency energy of the Succession Banquet had dissipated, leaving behind a silence that was heavy with the weight of a victory hard-won.

In the grand corridors, the tactical lighting had returned to a soft, amber glow, casting long shadows across the Wisteria crystal accents that had survived the "Corridor War."

While the ballroom above was being cleared of the last remnants of the panicked elite, the subterranean tactical wings remain
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