Zoe
The morning of the groundbreaking arrived clear and bright, the kind of crisp, sunny day that felt almost deliberately symbolic given everything we were finally putting behind us. I stood at the edge of the cleared lot, watching the crowd slowly gather, and felt something swell in my chest that I hadn't fully expected.
The whole Kings of Chaos club had turned out, along with a surprising number of Steel Vultures, Reyna standing near the front alongside Dario and several others I'd come to know during the championship and everything that followed. Marisol arrived with Winnie, both of them dressed for the occasion with a warmth that told me exactly how much this moment meant to them too. Even Alvarez showed up, retired detective's instincts apparently unable to resist witnessing the re
