The memory of us

linked under the glow of London's skyline, laughter echoed acr

- the man who turned legacy into empire. But as his driver took the winding road down from

lf to reply to. He smiled faintly, that familiar self-assured grin that hid exhaustion. He'd built his life on motion - meetings,

ght. Metal twisting, glass shattering, a sou

te. The ceiling, the sheets, the faint humming of a machine beside him - sterile, s

rian blinked, trying to focus on the face hovering above him - an older man in a white coat. A doctor, obviously. But Mr. Cole? The name sounded... distant. The door

hining in her eyes. She reached for his

y," Adrian said,

know

his knuckles tightening around the edge of the bed. Evelyn's tears slipped dow

sked, voice thick, disbelief shadowing

" The weight of that sentenc