Victor's POV

I sat opposite Uncle Ben, with the gravity of it all pressing down on me as we worked through the final terms of buying out the Solomon Empire. Every single figure, each condition, each conceivable loophole was questioned with the intensity that went with closing a deal of this magnitude. The room waited in an oppressive silence, though unmistakable. The clock was ticking towards that time when all I had worked towards would be a fait accompli, and I had to be on guard at all ...