Novel

Chapter 9: The Cost of Truth

Elara weaponizes the ledger by linking the neighborhood's land deeds to the conglomerate Board members, forcing a standoff. She confronts Hanh, learning her father died protecting the leverage that kept the Board from liquidating the enclave. After a final confrontation with Vane, she leaks the Board's names to the press, transforming her inherited shame into a public indictment.