High above the rain-washed arteries of the metropolis, the forty-fifth-floor executive suite of Celestial Holdings stood as a monument to precision and power. The storm from the night before had scrubbed the city clean, leaving behind a skyline that shimmered beneath the m

Months had passed since the upheaval that shattered the old order of the financial district. What had once been a tightly controlled hierarchy dominated by legacy power had been swept aside, replaced by a new system defined by efficiency, transparency, and unyielding

Half a world away, London unfolded beneath a clear and luminous afternoon sky. The city’s historic skyline—an elegant tapestry of glass towers and centuries-old stone architecture—gleamed under the sun, embodying a seamless fusion of tradition and moder