Chapter 23: The Liquidation of Titan
The midday sun beat down on the courtyard pavement, reflecting off the shattered yellow plastic of the municipal barricades.
Alaric stepped forward from the shadow of the lead armored transport, his posture straight as a spear while holding an illuminated high-definition tablet. The screen displayed the real-time encrypted data streams of the State Commercial Registry and the Global Debt Clearinghouse.
Alaric looked past the perimeter line of reporters directly at Damian Montgomery.
"Ten minutes ago," Alaric spoke, his deep voice carrying across the quiet plaza with concussive weight, "the National Commerce Court issued an emergency administrative ruling on the priority petition filed by Sovereign Global as the primary senior bondholder of Titan Hea
