Over the course of the following two months, the city of Crown City witnessed a transformation that was nothing short of a corporate blitzkrieg. The weather shifted from the biting, crystalline chill of late winter into a tentative, breezy spring, but the atmosphere within the business districts remained white-hot. Everything moved with a level of fluidity and lethal precision that defied the typical bureaucratic molasses of regional commerce. Lucas Harrington proved, beyond any shadow of a doubt, why he was considered a generational talent in the upper echelons of the global business world. He didn't just manage the company; he orchestrated its growth like a grand symphony of conquest. He didn't even need to dip into the massive war chest of capital Ace Kane had placed at his disposal, n

