The news hit the media the next morning. “Unidentified Man Sparks Security Alert Outside Caldwell Executive Residence.”“Caldwell Death Triggers Board Emergency Meeting, Marcus Rosewell to Step In as Interim CEO.”They didn’t show Maxwell’s face, but Marcus knew exactly who it was. And that meant the hunt had officially begun.Maxwell wasn’t hiding anymore. He was daring them to come for him, Back in the safehouse, Maxwell and Blake reviewed intel Crane had smuggled out from inside the company servers.There was a folder. Encrypted. Heavily. Labeled “Project Orpheus.”“You think this is the key?” Maxwell asked.“I think Caldwell was holding onto this for a reason,” Blake said. “He never mentioned it in any legal files. Not even to Crane.”Maxwell stared at the folder. “I want it opened.”Blake grunted. “It’ll take time.”“Then start.”While Blake worked on the decryption, Maxwell took the elevator down into the panic room—converted into a personal war room.Walls lined with maps, time

Maxwell stared at the paused video frame. Jasper Caldwell, smug in his thousand-dollar suit, was shaking hands with Marcus Rosewell. This wasn’t a random meeting.This was an alliance. Jasper, the eldest Caldwell sibling. The one groomed for power. The one who led the charge in humiliating Maxwell every chance he got, always reminding him of his “place.”But this… this was bigger. He hadn’t just been a bully. He’d been part of the machinery. “You okay?” Blake asked, stepping into the room, wiping sleep from his eyes.Maxwell didn’t answer. He hit play. The video continued, audio crackling. “make sure the old man doesn’t live long enough to sign anything,” Marcus was saying.“What about the boy?” Jasper asked.“He’s no threat,” Marcus replied. “He’s just a cleaner. No records. No rights. But we’ll eliminate him just in case.”Maxwell clenched his jaw. They knew about him even then. Before Caldwell’s death, Before the inheritance.They’d planned everything. “Jasper was in on Caldwell’s