High-society reporters flood the hall, eager to witness the most powerful and controversial announcement in Manhattan history.

The loud hum of clicking cameras, bright lights, and excited chatter filled every single corner of the grand Plaza Hotel ballroom. Over three hundred top journalists from New York, London, Paris, and Tokyo squeezed into the narrow rows of chairs, leaning forward with open notebooks and raised voice recorders.

Dressed in a backless gold gown, Clara steps up to the microphones surrounded by Lucian, Jax, and Silas. She delivers a fierce, unyielding speech declaring their joint partnership in life and business.

The glittering gold fabric of her floor-length gown captured every single drop...