Clara Mueller's Law Office, Geneva - Monday Afternoon, 2:47 PM
Clara's conference room had been transformed into a war room. Three of her associate attorneys worked at laptops, digitizing documents from the vault. A senior partner from her firm reviewed financial evidence. Two paralegals organized files into categories: Financial Crimes, Murder Evidence, Coup Documentation, International Violations.
And at the center of it all sat Emily, surrounded by twenty-five years of evidence, making decisions about how to destroy Lord Marcus.
"The financial crimes alone are staggering," Clara's senior partner—a man named Robert Chen who specialized in international financial law—said, looking up from a stack of documents. "Marcus embezzled over four hundred million dollars from Norvale's treasury over fifteen years. He used shell corporations in seven different countries to launder the money. The paper trail is extraordinarily well-documented. Your mothers were meticulous."
