Chapter 4: Cracks in the Crown
Chapter 4: Cracks in the Crown
The guests were no longer guests.
They were witnesses.
Phones were out.
Recording.
Streaming.
The empire wasn’t collapsing in silence—it was happening live.
Julian stepped closer to Elena, broken. “Was any of it real?”
Elena finally looked at him.
Pain flashed across her eyes.
“Yes,” she said.
“And that’s what made this harder than you’ll ever understand.”
Victoria screamed, “She’s manipulating you!”
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But no one was listening anymore.
Because truth had a weight that power couldn’t crush.
