Legacy II

As the room buzzed softly with unspoken admiration for Ekaterina's words, another voice, calm yet brimming with quiet power, broke through.

Daphne leaned back in her chair, her posture effortless yet commanding, the weight of her ancestry evident in her gaze. When she spoke, her voice carried the authority of history itself.

"For my family," she began, her tone deliberate, "legacy is influence."

Her words hung in the air for a moment, drawing every eye toward her.

"We are the descendants of builders—not of stone, but of systems. My great-great-great-great-grandfather believed that true power wasn't about amassing wealth for the sake of wealth. It was about what you could do with it, how you could reshape the world."