The next morning, Damian left for work unusually late, mostly because he had been watching the news. His eyes remained fixed on the screen as channel after channel cycled through the usual morning reports. He searched carefully for any mention of what had happened the night before, yet there was nothing. Not a single report. Not a whisper.
Meanwhile, Twenty Shots' stunning victory at the preliminary hearings was still on everyone's lips. Every network repeated it. Every legal analyst praised it. Only now did Damian truly understand why none of this existed in his world before he gained the power.
This also meant that if anything went sideways in his desperate struggle for survival, he might simply disappear. Forgotten just like that. Clara might never even know what truly killed him.
The thought lingered like a shadow.
