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Chapter 53 The First Blow
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Released on: 07/09/2025
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1 Chapter 1 A Seat at the Table2 Chapter 2 The Company Killer3 Chapter 3 The Legacy Game4 Chapter 4 Skeletons in the Boardroom5 Chapter 5 Surprises at the Table6 Chapter 6 Dinner with the King7 Chapter 7 The Quiet Between Us8 Chapter 8 Checkmate in Motion9 Chapter 9 A Symphony of Fire10 Chapter 10 Hero11 Chapter 11 The Game Changer12 Chapter 12 The Smile That Changed Everything13 Chapter 13 Garden Talks and Game Plans14 Chapter 14 The Boardroom Gambit15 Chapter 15 Business or Pleasure16 Chapter 16 Headlines and Heartstrings17 Chapter 17 A knife Through Air18 Chapter 18 Between Us Two19 Chapter 19 A Taste of Ease, A Whiff of Trouble20 Chapter 20 Priorities21 Chapter 21 Engaged To The Past22 Chapter 22 The Challenge Unveiled23 Chapter 23 Sparks of Code24 Chapter 24 Building The Machine25 Chapter 25 Shadows At The Table26 Chapter 26 Fractures27 Chapter 27 The Lines We Draw28 Chapter 28 Smokes and Shadows29 Chapter 29 Battlefield30 Chapter 30 Aftermath31 Chapter 31 Between Yesterday And Tomorrow32 Chapter 32 The Face Of Thorne33 Chapter 33 After34 Chapter 34 A Gathering of Wolves35 Chapter 35 The Silence of Loraine Thorne36 Chapter 36 A Pact of Smokes and Shadows37 Chapter 37 The Board Divided38 Chapter 38 Love to Hate Damien Thorne39 Chapter 39 A Shadow in the Board40 Chapter 40 Damien Thorne41 Chapter 41 The Weight of Truth42 Chapter 42 The Boardroom Gambit43 Chapter 43 The weight of a Crown44 Chapter 44 Five Years in Ashes45 Chapter 45 The War Council46 Chapter 46 Shadows and Bait47 Chapter 47 THORNE'S DAY48 Chapter 48 The Trap is Set49 Chapter 49 The Dead don't stay Buried50 Chapter 50 Emergency Meeting51 Chapter 51 Shadows in the Light52 Chapter 52 Ghost in the Spotlight53 Chapter 53 The First Blow54 Chapter 54 Fire and Brainstorms55 Chapter 55 A Poisoned Offer56 Chapter 56 The Betrayals in the Shadows57 Chapter 57 Files and Ghosts58 Chapter 58 Unfinished Luggage59 Chapter 59 Smokes and Shadows60 Chapter 60 The File that won't Let Go61 Chapter 61 On Speaker62 Chapter 62 Confrontation and Curriculum63 Chapter 63 A Wary Utility64 Chapter 64 A Manipulated Man65 Chapter 65 Missing Threads66 Chapter 66 Pressure Points67 Chapter 67 Nathan finds a Map68 Chapter 68 Threads and Knives69 Chapter 69 Pressure Points in the Web70 Chapter 70 The Office Return71 Chapter 71 The Council Reframed72 Chapter 72 Tonight73 Chapter 73 Nights Like This74 Chapter 74 What Morning Brings75 Chapter 75 Are we Brothers 76 Chapter 76 Weight of The Past77 Chapter 77 Renewed Purpose78 Chapter 78 Threads of the Past79 Chapter 79 The Trap Begins80 Chapter 80 The Counterweb81 Chapter 81 The Legacy Showdown82 Chapter 82 Clash of Titans83 Chapter 83 When the Net Tightens84 Chapter 84 Lines in the Sand85 Chapter 85 The First Blow86 Chapter 86 The Smirk in The Storm87 Chapter 87 The Grass Between Elephants88 Chapter 88 The Power of the Elephant89 Chapter 89 The Waiting Game90 Chapter 90 The Grass is Greener91 Chapter 91 The Betrayal92 Chapter 92 Brothers in Blood93 Chapter 93 LORIANE'S FURY94 Chapter 94 The Unmasking95 Chapter 95 The Daylight Gunfire96 Chapter 96 The Gathering Storm97 Chapter 97 Nathan's Cage98 Chapter 98 Blood for Blood99 Chapter 99 The Fall of Brothers100 Chapter 100 Dawn