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The broken porcelain crunched beneath my cheap rubber-soled shoes, but I didn't rush to clean it up. I stayed kneeling on the marble floor, letting Serena Cross tower over me with her superior smirk. / Chapter 10 / 10

Chapter 10 - THE ULTIMATE LESSONSome people build empires out of steel and concrete.

Others build them out of wealth and power.

But the strongest empires in the world are built on truth, vigilance, and the fierce, unyielding protection of the people you love.

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The hotel suite overlooking the Chicago River was quiet, save for the low hum of the climate control unit and the faint, distant wail of a city siren.

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The small, static-heavy television screen in the correctional facility's common room flickered with the bright, artificial glare of studio lighting.

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Serena thought she could win by making people invisible. She didn't realize that the most dangerous person in any room is the one nobody bothers to look at twice.

I looked down at the city pulsing beneath us, breathing in the crisp morning air, knowing that our family—and our legacy—was finally secure.

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