ONE YEAR LATER, COLORADO ~ APEX SYNDICATE EMPIRE

The estate is an aggressively large one, and the empire owns all buildings on the property.

Several wings and annexes for the guards, suites for higher-ups, then the penthouse for the Douglas family.

In the penthouse, Baron is sitting magnificently inside the expensively massive living room, decked with treasures and chic furnishings.

He’s in front of the fireplace, allowing the heat to warm him up since it’s that time of the year.

It’s December 24, Christmas Eve, and both the streets and the house are as cold as they should be.

He was smoking a pipe as he did some paperwork, but...