The weight of the discovery felt heavier than I had imagined. The hidden documents in the dusty archives of the Blackwood estate had been a mere starting point, a tantalizing lead. But the deeper I dug into Victor Ashford's past, the more I realized that this battle was about something far more dangerous than business rivalry or personal vendettas. What I had uncovered went beyond family legacies and corporate takeovers—it was about a web of deceit that stretched back generations, a dark history that tied Victor's family to the very foundation of the Blackwood dynasty.