The House Of Rain

Previously

…He would have to become a part of the dirt, to dig deep and expose the rot, even if it meant getting his hands irrevocably stained. The path of legitimacy had fractured, and a new, more dangerous road lay before him. He would not simply reform the Bellandi empire; he would have to wage war against the very system that had created it, and in doing so, risk becoming the monster everyone expected him to be. He picked up the ledger, the weight of it no longer just a symbol of power, but a burden of responsibility, and a promise of violence. The sun was beginning to set, casting long shadows across the city, shadows that Adrian Vale was now prepared to embrace.