At the peak of a looming storm, where every card was played to destroy, and every face hid a darker intent behind a mask, Michael Bennett finally felt the cold grip of doubt. The sudden announcement of Senator Maxwell Thorne's presidential candidacy—with Eleanor Davis standing tall beside him as his campaign chief of staff—hit like a sledgehammer, shattering any remnants of hope he had left. In sleepless nights, in the gnawing exhaustion, Michael was forced to face his own demons, to question the path he had chosen, and whether he still had the strength to carry on. Readers would witness the vulnerable side of Michael: a bleeding and wounded warrior, fighting to preserve his convictions in a storm that refused to end.
The news exploded like an atomic bomb in the middle of Michael’s newly
