Damian's POV

Six months.

That's how long it had been since I'd last stepped into this place - our empire, our dream, our ruin.

Cross & Grant.

That's what the plaque on the glass door read now. Freshly mounted, freshly polished.

New branding. New identity.

A second chance disguised as a rebrand.

The elevator doors opened, and the scent hit me - new wood, new paint, new beginnings.

But beneath it, faint and buried deep, was something else.

The ghost of what used to be.

My reflection ...