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Warren listened to Mason’s threat three times before he understood that the rage in his chest had nowhere to go.The recording had arrived through an encrypted channel shortly after Daphne left the waterfront office. Her message contained no explanation beyond two words.Listen carefully.So he had.He listened to Mason offer Daphne freedom as though it were a gift he had the right to grant. He listened to him demand that she leave Warren forever. He listened to the quiet menace enter Mason’s voice when he spoke about Lila, the arson warrant, and Warren disappearing again.Then he listened to Daphne say, You kidnapped him.And Mason answer, You have no proof.Warren stood in the abandoned print shop where he had been hiding since the warrant was issued, one hand braced against a rusted metal worktable. Dust coated the old equipment. A broken fluorescent light flickered over the concrete floor, casting the room in pulses of weak white light.Nico watched him from across the room.“Say

The courthouse steps were crowded before sunrise.News vans lined the street beneath a colourless morning sky. Cameras waited behind temporary barriers, their lights glaring against the wet pavement. Reporters spoke urgently into microphones, repeating names that had once carried unquestioned power.Arkett.Sonwells.Arthur Beckett.Mason Cooper.Halcyon Quay.Daphne stood inside the rear entrance with Margaret at her side and two security officers positioned nearby. She wore a dark blue coat over a simple dress, her hair pinned back from her face. To the press outside, she was a headline: Mason Cooper’s pregnant wife, Arthur Beckett’s estranged daughter, Arkett’s acting CEO.To herself, she was trying very hard not to shake.This was only the beginning.The hearing was not a criminal trial—not yet. It was the opening of a series of emergency legal proceedings: a request to preserve Arkett and Sonwells assets, protect witnesses, prevent the destruction of evidence, and appoint indepen