Sir, you need to cone right now." the lawyer's voice was frantic. "There's been a coup at the headquarters. Mike Sleep... he's not who we thought he was. He just presented the Board with a verified DNA match to Silas. He's the eldest heir, Arm. The Board has already voted to freeze your executive powers pending a full audit of the succession charter."
Arm felt the floor drop out from under him. "What? That's impossible. Mike is a nobody!"
"He's not a nobody, sir. He's an Armitage. And he's coming for the assets. All of them. Including the private properties and the security details."
Arm looked at the phone, then at Mild. The empire he had used as a cage was crumbling. He wasn't the King anymore; he was a younger brother who had just been disowned by his own bloodline.
