Damian’s gaze shifted across the cityscape, each flickering light outside his office windows a pulse, a heartbeat of the city that never slept. He felt the pulse of his own life beat in time with it. Every moment the city moved, so too did he, moving through the intricate lattice of lies and deceit woven by his enemies. His office, a sanctuary of glass, steel, and polished wood, felt simultaneously like a war room and a cage. He had all the information, all the weapon, and yet he had to wait, to observe, to calculate. Patience had always been his greatest weapon. Now it was also his greatest temptation.The files before him were meticulous. Every email, every whispered deal, every misstep was documented with clinical precision. Damian ran a finger along the edge of a photograph. In it, Helena smiled at the wrong moment, unaware of how it betrayed her intention. The subtle tilt of her head, the glance toward a messenger in the corner of the room, it spoke volumes to anyone willing to l
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