Chapter 3 - Freezing The Blackwood Capital Accounts
Down in the freezing, dark basement of the Blackwood mansion, Evelyn clutched little Penny tight against her chest.
Above them, muffled sounds of laughter and clinking crystal glasses echoed through the thick floorboards from the wine room.
Julian was pouring another glass of vintage Bordeaux, completely oblivious to the fact that his entire financial existence was evaporating.
At Blackwood Capital’s headquarters, the automated overnight processing servers began rejecting every single corporate wire transfer.
Julian’s chief financial officer received an emergency alert on his encrypted smartphone at 2:15 AM, scrambling out of bed in pure panic.
Accounts totaling over four hundred million dollars were suddenly frozen under federal compliance holds and ownership verification audits.
The primary controlling shares of Blackwood Capital—which Julian assumed were securely registered under his sole name—suddenly shifted.
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A mysterious entity known as Hart Meridian Holdings executed a hostile voting rights override that stripped Julian of executive authority.
By sunrise, Julian Blackwood was no longer the master of his own company; he was merely an employee pending corporate termination.
