Beneath the report was a series of encrypted emails between Elaine and an unknown sender.

The dates on the emails matched the exact week I had discovered I was pregnant in Copper Harbor.

“She wasn’t just my doctor,” I said, the realization hitting me like a physical blow.

“She was theirs,” Damon said.

He reached over my shoulder and tapped a key, opening a file labeled *The Network*.

A vast, complex web of connections appeared on the screen, showing how various criminal organizations linked back to a central hub.

At the very center of the web was a name I had never seen before.

“They wanted Leo,” Damon said quietly. “They wanted to use him to force my hand, to take control of the Vale empire.”

I stared at the screen, the blue light reflecting in my eyes.

“And you have been fighting them,” I said.

“Every single day since you left,” Damon said.

I looked at the sheer volume of data, the years of systematic destruction recorded in these files.

Damon had been waging a silent, invisible war.

“You dismantled them,” I whispered.