A Glimpse of the Past

The air inside the mansion was thick with dust and ghosts of a forgotten era. Bintang stood in the grand hall, its once-polished floors now cracked, its chandeliers hanging like relics of a power long past. This was where it had all begun—his childhood, his father’s rise, and the moment everything changed.

He closed his eyes, and the memories came unbidden.

Flashback: A younger Bintang, watching from the shadows as his father, Subianto, shook hands with powerful men. Deals were made. Promises exchanged. Back then, he hadn’t understood the weight of those moments. Now, he did.

Subianto had always told him, “Loyalty is the only thing that matters.” But loyalty to whom? To a father who had shaped an empire in the shadows? Or to a future where the chains of that empire could finally be broken?