Cora had tried to leave. FLAGGED FOR REVIEW. No appeal. No escape. She was trapped, forgotten, erased. Alone in her empty apartment, the propaganda droned on. The Circle provides. The Circle protects. The Circle secures your future. She had fought it for so long. But now, in the silence, she felt it sinking in.
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They stood outside the Treasury building, the last voices of resistance in a government that no longer listened. A dozen members of Congress, their voices hoarse from demanding answers, faced a locked door guarded by black-clad enforcers who did not acknowledge them. Magnus Vail had already taken control of the nation’s wealth, freezing wages, gutting aid programs, and reducing the economy to a tool of obedience. They spoke of law, of oversight, of justice—but none of it mattered.
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The Ghoul was never meant to be seen, only felt. He did not command armies, nor did he bask in the adoration of the masses. He did not need to. His power was quieter, more insidious. He whispered in the Chairman’s ear, turning hatred into doctrine, fear into policy, cruelty into law. He crafted the justification for every purge, every detention center, every vanishing citizen.
