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Vincenzo Dante Volkov:

The office hummed with quiet intensity as I leaned back in my chair, watching the organized plan unfold. My media team worked tirelessly around me.

Screens flashed with images—footage of Luciano Brown's despicable dealings, documents tying him to a network of horror, and recordings that would make even the strongest stomach turn. Everything was being polished, refined, and prepared for release.

A week of serving the public had shifted the tide slightly in our favor. I wasn’t naïve enough to think it was enough. The public needed more than my sweat on the streets and a few carefully worded apologies. They needed the truth. They needed to see the monster we’d been fighting.

I drummed my fingers on the desk, glancing at Elena, the sharp-eyed head of my media team. "Is everything ready?" I asked, my voice.

She nodded without looking up. "Every frame has been reviewed and timestamped. Every piece of evidence cross-checked. The audio is clean. There’s no room for do
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