Chapter 300 - Chapter 299: Legacy and Security

The private archive room on the upper floor of the Cosmopolis residence had been converted into something halfway between a study and a vault. It was quiet in the way only well-protected spaces could be, the air faintly cool, the lights low and even, the shelving units sealed behind subtle wards that did not glow unless someone looked at them too hard. Ren stood in the middle of the room with a data tablet in one hand and a stack of physical files in the other, his expression unreadable in the half-light. Fang, seated at the long central desk, was already sorting through a different set of records with the clean, methodical focus of someone who knew exactly how much could go wrong if this stage was handled carelessly.