THE SECOND ACT
(Vivian – POV)
The thing about empire isn’t that it burns. It morphs. You don’t survive by avoiding fire. You survive by learning to control the burn.
Sterling Innovations was wounded, yes. Isabella Valei had dug into our spine and pulled out nerve endings I didn’t know still twitched but she ...
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Chapters
1. THE SPARK BENEATH THE SUIT
2. COMING FOR HIM
3. THE GAME BEGINS
4. HIS GUARD LET DOWN
5. CEO'S MISTRESS
6. REVENGE AT IT'S BEAUTIFUL PEAK
7. ASHES OF US
8. THE WOMAN HE NEVER KNEW
9. THE DEVIL'S BLIND SPOT
10. THE PRICE OF POWER
11. REWRITING THE RULES
12. NO MORE MERCY
13. TRUTH, SERVED COLD
14. AFTER THE FALL
15. BUILT FROM RUIN
16. THE SHAPE OF RUIN
17. TERMS OF COLLAPSE
18. FRACTURES OF LOYALTY
19. KINGDOMS BLEED QUIETLY
20. WAR ROOMS AND BROKEN MIRRORS
21. THE EDGE OF THE KNIFE
22. DANGEROUS RESSURRECTION
23. THE GHOST IN LISBON
24. THE ZURICH BROADCAST
25. SCARS ON PAPER
26. THE BOARDROOM RESSURRECTION
27. ENEMIES IN THE DUST
28. BURN NOTICE
29. THE GHOST IN THE GLASS
30. A NAME WRITTEN IN FIRE.
31. THE FIRE BENEATH THE EMPIRE
32. GLASS HOUSES
33. THE ARCHITECT'S SHADOW
34. THE GHOST AND BLOOD
35. THE BOY WITH BLUE EYES
36. BERLIN'S HEARTBEAT
37. THE SECOND ACT
38. MOTHER OF THE FLAW
39. THE FLAW AWAKENS
40. THE BLOOD PROTOCOL
41. FRACTURES IN THE MIRROR
42. THE HEIR AND THE WEAPON
43. ASHES OF CONTROL
44. THE RED THREAD
45. CODE RED IN THE BLOODLINE
46. THE KISS BEFORE COLLAPSE
47. THE SHAPE OF BETRAYAL
48. THE MERCY EQUATION
49. THE RECLAMATION GAME
50. THE GALA GAMBIT
51. FIRESTORM PROTOCOL
52. NO GODS, ONLY GRAVES
53. THE DEAD DON'T BLEED
54. OMEGA PROTOCOL
55. A KINGDOM OF ASH
56. THE GLASS THRONE
57. WHAT REMAINS AFTER FIRE
58. HER NAME WAS ARABELLA
59. FRACTURES IN THE PERFECT MACHINE
60. MIRRORS DON'T BLEED
61. THE FACE THAT BLEEDS
62. THE EQUATION BREAKS
63. WHEN GODS FALL
64. THE ART OF REBUILDING FIRE
65. THRONES MADE OF SKIN AND GLASS
66. THE PERFORMANCE OF POWER
67. TANGIER'S MASQUERADE
68. WHEN GODS BLEED
69. THE SHAPE OF HUNGER
70. CURRENTS THAT DROWN QUIETLY
71. THE FIRST RIPPLES
72. TEETH IN THE WATER
73. HOW TO TEACH A RIVER TO DROWN ITSELF
74. THE ART OF BREAKING A FACE WITHOUT TOUCHING IT
75. WHEN FIRE LEARNS TO BREATHE
76. THE INVITATION TO DROWN
77. THE TABLE BETWEEN US
78. THE FIRST CUT IS ALWAYS VOLUNTARY
79. PHASE TWO HAS NO SAFE WORD
80. THE KISS BEFORE THE KNIFE
81. POISON IS A LOVE LANGUAGE
82. ASHES REMEMBER EVERYTHING
83. THE QUIET BEFORE THE SLAUGHTER
84. WHEN THE CITY HOLDS IT'S BREATH
85. BLOOD IS THE FINEST INK
86. THE ECHO OF THE TRIGGER
87. PRESSURE IS A SILENT WEAPON
88. WHEN BLOOD SPEAKS LOUDER THAN LEAKS
89. THE SHADOWS IN THE BOARDROOM
90. THE KNIFE YOU DON'T SEE
91. SHADOWS IN GLASS
92. TERMS OF CONTAINMENT
93. THE BOARD'S KNIFE
94. THE ROOM WITH NO DOORS
95. THREADS IN THE DARK
96. THE COUNTDOWN BLEEDS
97. OFF THE MAP
98. ASHES UNDER GLASS
99. FRACTURED GROUND
100. THE RED PULSE
101. THE NET TIGHTENS
102. WHEN THE NET SNAPS
103. THE ROOM WITH NO CLOCKS
104. THE INTERMEDIARY
105. THE FRACTURE
106. FRACTURES AND FIREWALLS
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