The notice from the audit committee arrived not with the standard courtesy of a courier or a formal board-room presentation, but as an encrypted PDF link delivered directly to Alistair’s personal terminal at exactly 07:30 AM on a cold, rain-swept Monday morning. It bore Victoria’s distinct corporate fingerprint—polished, bureaucratic, perfectly compliant with corporate law, and completely lethal.The timeline hadn't just been adjusted; it had been compressed into a tight, suffocating window that left absolutely no room for tactical maneuvering.Fourteen Days.Full documentation of marital status, current legal residence of the named spouse, and verification of multi-generational heir compliance per Clause 14(c). Failure to produce certified records by the deadline would result in the board formally moving to declare the inheritance provisions in irrevocable breach.Alistair sat completely motionless at his desk, the grey morning light off the Veridian Sea cutting across the dark glass
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