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Family Fractures
The news arrives at dawn through Mike's secure line: Maxwell Westwood just discovered his assets frozen, his credit cards declined, his family's bank accounts locked by mysterious federal holds that Victoria orchestrated with surgical precision. The blood crystals outside pulse with satisfaction, their hunger for specific blood growing sharper since I named our enemies to them last night.
"Target the little fish first." Kat shifts Takeshi to her other breast while Akira sleeps against her shoulder, his gray fur catching morning light through our trailer windows. "Maxwell and Harrison have no real support system. Strip them away, and Cyrill stands alone."
Her black hair spills across the pillow like ink in water, that particular shade that makes my fingers itch to
