SNAP.
SNAP.
A second set of chains clamped around his ankles—the identical stainless-steel irons used for capital traitors at the United States Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth:
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SNAP-CLINK.
Arthur Sterling-Vance shrieked into the freezing drizzle, his designer clothes tearing along the seams, his tears mixing with the slurry on the stone deck:
“DAVID! TELL THEM! WE ARE CITIZENS! YOU CANNOT PUT A FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE IN MILITARY CHAINS ON AN INDUSTRIAL EXTRACTION SITE!”
CLICK-CLACK.
United States Attorney Marcus Cooper stepped forward through the slurry, opening the four-hundred-page federal grand jury indictment:
THUD.
The heavy volume struck the hood of Arthur’s command Maybach, sending hairline fractures through the ballistic glass:
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CRIMINAL DOCKET: 2026-CR-00914-TREASON & AGGRAVATED MEZZANINE SABOTAGE
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA & THE MERCER SOVEREIGN ESTATE
v. FORMER CHIEF JUSTICE ARTHUR STERLING-VANCE,
BLAKE HARON, IRON RIDGE COMBAT ACADEMY LLC,
AND THE DIRECTORS OF THE VALKYRIE CONSORTIUM (ZURICH).
