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Chapter 576
"Stella's campaign is using manipulated photographs. They've taken images of my mother and altered them to make her look like something she's not." Chance paced the length of the library. "That's defamation. That's intentional infliction of emotional distress. That's grounds for a lawsuit."Chloe looked up at him. "You want to sue Stella Wayne?""I want to make her campaign spend so much time and money defending themselves that they can't run any more attack ads." Chance stopped pacing. "I want to take the fight to them on ground they don't expect."Harry spoke from the floor, his pendant glowing softly. "Would that work? Suing a presidential candidate?""It would if we had the right attorney." Chance reached for his phone. "And I know exactly who to call."***Ava answered on the second ring."Chance." Her voice was cool, professional, with a hint of warmth beneath. "It's been a while. I was starting to think you'd forgotten about me.""I could never forget you, Ava." Chance stepped
Chapter 575
The Oval Office was silent except for the soft hum of the teleprompter and the distant click of cameras. Julia sat behind the Resolute Desk, her hands folded, her face composed."Good evening, my fellow Americans."Her voice was steady, warm, and familiar. The same voice that had guided the nation through crises, comforted them in times of grief, inspired them to hope. But tonight, even the most loyal supporters could feel something different. A weight. A weariness."Over the past week, there have been questions about my private life. About visitors to my family's estate. About photographs that have been circulating in the media."She paused. The teleprompter scrolled. She didn't look at it."I am not going to address those questions tonight. Not because I have something to hide but because they are distractions. Distractions from the real issues facing our nation. The economy. Healthcare. Climate change. National security."She leaned forward slightly, her eyes meeting the camera len
Chapter 574
The ad aired at 8 PM Eastern Time, during the commercial break of the most-watched news program in the country. It was sixty seconds long but it was short enough to be repeated, long enough to do damage.It opened with grainy footage of the O'Connor estate, shot from a distance, the camera zooming in on the gates, the old stone walls, the dark windows that seemed to watch. The music was low and ominous, a single cello note held too long.Then the cuts began.A figure in a dark coat, entering the estate at midnight. A woman with golden hair walking through the garden."What is President O'Connor hiding?" The voiceover was calm, measured, and devastating. A woman's voice though not Stella's, but someone who sounded like a concerned neighbor. "Why won't she tell the truth?"The footage shifted. A photograph of Julia at the United Nations, standing at the podium, her face serene. Then the same photograph, manipulated, her eyes glowing gold."Secret visitors. Strange rituals. A woman who c
Chapter 573
Marcus Webb didn't wait for permission. He crossed the Oval Office and stood before the Resolute Desk, his tablet already glowing with data. "Madam President," he said, "I'm going to give it to you straight."Julia leaned back in her chair. "I'd expect nothing less."Marcus set the tablet on the desk. The screen was filled with polling data, fundraising totals, and media analysis—all of it bad. "Stella Wayne has momentum. She's raised forty million dollars in the past week alone. Her approval ratings among independent voters are skyrocketing. And she has the backing of some of the most powerful people in the country."Julia's brow furrowed. "What kind of powerful people?"Marcus hesitated. This was the part he didn't fully understand—the part that made him question everything he thought he knew about politics and power."Business leaders," he said. "Media moguls. Foreign interests. People who move in shadows—people I can't identify." He paused. "It's like she has the entire underworl
Chapter 572
The Capitol building gleamed under the afternoon sun, its marble columns standing like sentinels, watching over the heart of American democracy. Inside, in a private conference room reserved for the party's most powerful figures, Senator Stella Wayne was making her move.The room was filled with senators, congressmen, and party officials—men and women who had spent decades accumulating power, trading favors, shaping the destiny of the nation. They were not easily impressed. They had seen challengers come and go, had watched ambitions rise and fall like the tide.But Stella Wayne was different.She stood at the front of the room, framed by the floor-to-ceiling windows behind her. The Capitol dome rose in the distance, a perfect backdrop for the image she had carefully cultivated: young, polished, poised, and utterly without fear. Her dark hair was swept back from her face. Her suit was navy blue, expensive, tailored to fit her like a second skin. Her heels added four inches to her hei
Chapter 571
Julia sat down on the bench between Chance and Chloe, her hands folded in her lap.She had not expected that a day would come when she'll have to reveal one of the darkest secrets of her life but now that it was here, there's no turning back."The presidency," she said, "was never just about being the first female president."Chloe leaned forward, her earlier shock giving way to curiosity. "What do you mean?"Julia was quiet for a moment, gathering her thoughts. The garden seemed to lean in around them, the oak tree's branches forming a canopy above."The daughters have been positioning themselves in positions of power for centuries," Julia said. "Not just in America—all over the world. Parliaments, congresses, councils, thrones. Wherever decisions are made, wherever the fate of nations is decided, there is always a daughter nearby."Chance stared at his mother. "You're saying the daughters have been running the world?""I'm saying the daughters have been protecting the world. There's
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