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Chapter 71: A New Dawn
The cottage in the suburbs was quiet. The sound of crickets had replaced the hum of servers, and the light of the moon was no longer filtered through reinforced glass.Anthony sat on the porch steps, watching his mother through the window. She was arranging flowers in a vase, her movements slow and peaceful. For the first time in her life, she wasn't the Legacy Host. She was just Evelyn.A car pulled up the gravel driveway. Mark stepped out, carrying a thick folder."Working late?" Anthony asked."Always," Mark said, sitting down on the steps next to him. "The Board just finished the first audit of the Silicon Valley holdings. We found a few shadows, but nothing we couldn't handle.""You're getting good at this, Mark.""I had a good teacher," Mark replied. He looked at the folder in his lap. "I brought you the final report on the Vane trial. Silas is refusing to speak. Helena is cooperating, but she’s losing her mind in isolation. It turns out, being a 'sovereign individual' doesn't m
Chapter 70: The Weight of the Truth
Three days later, the VEXO penthouse was nearly empty. Most of the furniture had been auctioned off, the proceeds going toward the Compliance Fund. The sleek, obsidian tables and high-tech displays were gone, replaced by simple folding tables and cardboard boxes.Anthony sat on the floor of the empty office, looking at a small, framed photograph he had found in his mother’s belongings. It was of him as a child, standing on the beach with her. He looked happy. He looked oblivious."The movers will be here in an hour," Vionna said, walking in. She looked different—relaxed, her sharp suits replaced by a comfortable sweater. "Your mother is waiting in the car. She’s excited about the new house.""The 'new house' is a three-bedroom cottage in the suburbs, Vionna," Anthony said with a faint smile. "She’s never lived in a place that didn't have a security gate.""Maybe that’s why she likes it," Vionna replied. "She told me this morning that she wants to start a garden. A real one. Not one ma
Chapter 69: The Fall of Silas Vane
The cleanup of the Jodah estate felt like the aftermath of a war. The ICJ had cordoned off the entire property, and a fleet of black SUVs now lined the driveway where garden parties had once been held. Silas Vane and Helena were being led away in separate vehicles, both silent, though Silas’s eyes remained fixed on Anthony until the door closed.Dr. Rostova stood in the charred remains of the Level 3 Sub-Vault, watching her forensics team sift through the slag of the Cerberus servers."The predictive models are gone," she said, her voice sounding uncharacteristically weary. "My analysts tell me that if even ten percent of what Vane claimed was true, we’ve just lost the map to the last thirty years of global finance.""The map was rigged, Doctor," Anthony said, standing near the shattered cylinder. He had a blanket draped over his shoulders, though he didn't feel the cold. "You don't need a map to see a cliff.""Perhaps," Rostova replied. "But now I have thirty billion dollars in limbo
Chapter 68: The Sovereign Choice
The seconds ticked down on the terminal, a digital guillotine hovering over the global economy. The blue light of the servers seemed to pulse with a heartbeat—the rhythmic, artificial life of his grandfather’s remains."Seventy seconds," Helena announced, her voice as cold as the server room.Anthony stood before the glass cylinder. He could see the faint, rhythmic twitch of the tissue inside. It wasn't a person, not anymore, but it was the source of his name, his wealth, and his curse."Mark," Anthony said, not looking back. "Are you getting this?""Every bit of it," Mark replied, his voice trembling. "The world is seeing the 'Legacy' for what it really is.""Good," Anthony said. He turned to Silas. "You think this is a test of my ethics? You think I care about saving the banks?""Don't you?" Silas asked, leaning on his cane. "Without the banks, your Foundation is just a pile of worthless paper.""The Foundation isn't about the money, Silas. It’s about the truth," Anthony said. "And
Chapter 67: The Third Head
The hum of the servers seemed to grow louder, a digital roar that filled the small, pressurized chamber. Silas Vane stood amidst the flickering lights like an ancient god in a temple of silicon."Thirty billion is a rounding error, Anthony," Silas said, gesturing to the servers. "The Cerberus stack doesn't just hold the keys to the Ghost Account. It holds the predictive models.""Models for what?" Liora asked, her legal mind already racing to find the threat."The market isn't a force of nature," Silas explained, his voice gaining a terrifying clarity. "It’s a machine. My father and Anthony’s grandfather realized that if you have enough data on enough people, you don't have to react to the future. You can manufacture it. Every recession, every boom, every 'unforeseen' political shift since 1985... it was modeled here first.""You're talking about global manipulation," Mark said, his voice horrified. "You’ve been rigging the world?""Rigging? No. We’ve been stabilizing," Silas countere
Chapter 66: The Silent Estate
The helicopter blades beat a rhythmic, punishing pulse against the night air as the Jodah estate loomed out of the darkness. Below, the sprawling grounds that had once been Anthony’s playground, and later his prison, looked like a graveyard of old money."Thirty minutes to the ICJ arrival," Liora shouted over the roar of the engines. She was checking her watch every few seconds, her fingers flying across her tablet. "If we don’t have eyes on Silas before Rostova’s team lands, they’ll treat us like suspects, Anthony. They won’t wait for an explanation."Anthony looked across the cabin at the four students. Mark was staring out the window, his face pale in the strobe of the navigation lights. Chloe was clutching her laptop, David and Sarah sat in a stunned silence that spoke of a world-view currently in freefall."You okay, Mark?" Anthony asked, leaning forward.Mark didn’t look at him. "I’m trying to figure out if I’m about to witness the end of a conspiracy or the beginning of a cover
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