Chapter 88: Prison Transfer

The city kept moving, indifferent to the private disaster gathering inside one family.

Helena learns the agent has arranged Victor's transfer during the blackout. She blocks the convoy with her car while Adrian alerts honest investigators.

Helena understood that the next choice would be remembered long after the explanation. The old marriage had been built on assumptions. Whatever came next would have to survive questions, boundaries, and the possibility that love might not be enough.

Victor escapes into the old Vale courthouse where Charles once fixed contracts.

"You were always sentimental about places you corrupted."

Adrian did not reach for a solution. He stayed, listened, and allowed the consequence to belong to him.

Victor takes Eleanor hostage inside the records chamber.