The storm didn’t come with thunder. It arrived in headlines.
By morning, every major industry outlet was ablaze with the same news: Sinclair Studios Acquires Silverline Productions. Celeste Laurent to Head New Female-Led Slate.
The move was ruthless, calculated, and beautiful.
Silverline wasn’t just a production house. It was one of Veronica’s quiet allies, one of the many she’d embedded through favors and buyouts over the years. She hadn’t owned it outright, but she had controlled it from the shadows, whispering into the right ears, influencing scripts, casting calls, and media narratives. But not anymore, now it belonged to Damien Sinclair and Celeste Laurent.
“Your announcement’s live,” Nolan said, stepping into the penthouse’s media room, where Celeste sat barefoot in one of Damie
