The envelope sat ominously on Sarah's desk like a carefully wrapped threat concealed in pristine white paper.
The seal was unmistakable, immediately recognizable: the official emblem of the Supreme Court of New York.
The moment she broke it open with steady fingers, her breath stilled completely in her chest.
A lawsuit.
Filed directly by Lord Benedict Augustine and Henry Augustine, formally accusing her of defamation, malicious manipulation of public opinion, corporate sabotage, and sustained psychological harassment.
A direct, calculated attack.
A planned distraction designed to overwhelm.
A strategic attempt to bury her completely under endless legal procedures and deliberately delay her own carefully prepared case against them.
Sarah closed the thick file slowly, methodically,
