|Nieves| The past few weeks had been nothing short of exhilarating. Every piece of news from Kairos’ spies fed my growing satisfaction, each report another c***k in the Clarksons’ once-unshakable foundation. And the reports didn’t stop coming. Every time Kairos arrived with an update, I felt a rush of vindication unlike anything I had ever known. The Clarksons—the family that had spent years crafting an illusion of power and control—were unraveling. Their carefully constructed facade was crumbling beneath the weight of our actions, and the rumors spreading through the territories were exposing them for the monsters they truly were. “They’re turning on each other,” Kairos remarked one evening, his tone laced with the same satisfaction burning in my chest. “Infighting has begun. Some o

