The wind had barely calmed when the city felt the next tremor.
This time, it wasn’t in the streets.
It was in the screens.
Emily Wilson was back.
She returned not with apologies—but with a plan.
She called in favors from old PR allies. Leveraged dormant contracts with influencers. Paid top dollar to ghostwriters and news editors to do what she couldn’t do in person.
Control the narrative.
It began with anonymous leaks.
Unverified sources claimed Jack Parker owned properties seized from the poor.
That Dragon Corp used underpaid labor.
That Jack manipulated the water crisis for political gain.
Then came the op-eds.
“Urban Warlord or Corporate Tyrant?”
“Jack Parker’s Dangerous Grip on Harmonfield.”
“From Savior to Shadow King: The Real Face of Jack Parker?”
Emily watched from h
