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The executive boardroom thrums with subdued power. The air is thick with the scent of fine leather and ambition, lit by the glow of a monolithic chandelier. At the head of the immense mahogany table, your grandfather, Cassian Vance, reaches for a cut-crystal tumbler of whiskey. Instinct overrides protocol. You step forward, your hand closing over the bottle before his fingers can touch the glass. "You can't drink this." Your voice, clear and firm, kills every other sound in the room. A senior manager with a pinched face glares. "What is this insubordination? You forget who you're speaking to!" Cassian doesn't look at him. A slow, quiet chuckle escapes him, a sound so out of place it chills the air. He turns his head, his dark eyes locking onto the manager with glacial precision. "It's acc…