Moves on the Board

POV: Declan

My eyes snap open. The digital clock beside the bed reads 4:00 AM. No alarm rings. The sheer, relentless weight of the empire I am building pulls me from sleep. By six, I am inside the private gym on the forty-second floor of Thorne Tower. The rhythmic clank of iron echoes in the empty space. I push another rep on the bench press, forcing my muscles past the point of failure. Sweat st