(Lena’s POV)

The first email arrived before sunrise.

Subject: Emergency Board Directive – 72-Hour Review Period.

I read it three times before my mind caught up to the words. Seventy-two hours. That was all the time Damian had to clear his name—or lose everything.

The city was still half-asleep when I reached Vance Tower, but the executive floor was already alive. Assistants moved briskly through the halls, phones pressed to their ears. Security badges flashed. The air was sharper, ...