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Chapter 25 - THE GALA Elias made one final public appearance at a Manhattan charity gala.
Hundreds of cameras surrounded him.
Eleanor arrived in white.
Julian walked beside her.
The ballroom went silent.
Elias approached.
“You believe cameras protect you?”
“No.”
Eleanor smiled.
“They protect everyone else from you.”
Every screen in the ballroom changed.
Bank records appeared.
Names.
Dates.
Payments.
Photographs.
Evidence.
Reporters surged forward.
Elias stared at Eleanor.
“You built your empire on secrets,” she said quietly.
“So I turned on the lights.”
Federal agents moved toward him.
Then fire alarms erupted.
Smoke filled the ballroom.
When visibility returned—
Elias Thorne was gone.
Julian’s phone rang.
Marcus was shouting.
“Julian…”
May you like
His voice broke.
“They took Leo.”
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Chapter 26 - THE EMPTY CRIBEleanor stopped breathing.
Chapter 27 - TRUST MEPier 17 was almost empty.
Chapter 28 - NO MORE EMPIRESFederal agents flooded the pier.
Chapter 29 - THE HOUSE WITHOUT GUARDSOne year later, the Sterling mansion belonged to someone else.
Chapter 30 - THE MAN WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DEADLeo’s second birthday filled the house with laughter.
