Ink and Ashes

In the rain-slicked city of Veridion, reporter Elias Vane uncovers a labyrinthine pension fund scandal at Dominion Fiduciary Group, mirroring real-world ERISA violations. As he digs deeper, he finds two faces of crime: a terrified clerk who tampered records merely to feed her family, and a director who manipulated retiree savings for the thrill of absolute control. When Elias’s pursuit of truth costs him his family, he must rise from the ashes to publish a final, shattering exposé—a penance of ink that could topple an empire.