The news broke before sunrise.
By seven o'clock, every television station in Valenridge carried the same headline.
PRESIDENT GRANTS BAIL TO DORIAN PENDING JUDICIAL REVIEW.
Within minutes, the country split into two camps. Some called it courage.
Others called it betrayal.
By eight, social media had become a battlefield.
One post gathered hundreds of thousands of reactions within an hour.
The man responsible for years of violence against President Sebastian walks free under his own administration.
Another appeared moments later.
What if we've only heard one side of the story for fourteen years?
The arguments grew louder.
Families debated over breakfast.
Taxi drivers argued with passengers.
University students abandoned lectures to waatch the unfolding drama on their phones.
Radio stations opened their lines to callers.
Nobody talked about football.
Nobody talked about entertainment.
The entire nation was talking about one man.
Dorian.
