Elena reached into her bag and pulled out a small, folded piece of parchment—an old legal document. "I didn't just come to talk, Siena. I came to remind you that the 'cross-collateralization' Julian used to secure this mill? It has a third signatory. My father was the witness and the secondary guarantor for the 1924 trust. If Julian moves to fully integrate the Rossi Mill into the Group, my family has a right of first refusal." She leaned in, her eyes cold and triumphant. "I can tie this mill up in litigation for the next twenty years. Julian can't save you this time. Only I can. And my price is very simple: walk away. Leave him. Let the contract dissolve, and I’ll let the Mill live." Siena looked at the document, then at the woman who had spent three years hollowing out the man she

