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THE SHADOWS THAT WHISPER LIES

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Damien stood at the edge of the rooftop helipad, the wind tugging at his coat as the city lights flickered beneath him. It was past midnight, but sleep was a luxury he hadn’t known in days.

Behind him, Logan approached cautiously.

We traced the leak. The person who sent the courtroom footage to Alec works for one of your oldest affiliates someone you trusted.

Damien didn’t even flinch.

Name?

Brent Lawson.

Damien’s jaw clenched. Brent had been with the company for over seven years. Quiet. Reliable. Efficient.

Or so he thought.

Logan continued, Alec paid him to dig into old employee files, financial records, sealed case histories. Everything.

How much did he take?

Enough to ruin you.

Damien turned slowly, eyes sharp like a blade.

Then it’s time we start taking things back.

Downstairs, Sienna sat cross-legged on the bed, surrounded by papers, files, and old court documents she hadn’t seen in years. The ones Alec was now threatening to release.

Her heart ached, not from the pain of her pa
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