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To step into the world of the Green
family is to enter one of elegance, culture, and refinement. To the
western public, they are celebrities — media icons, regularly seen
gracing financial journals and fashion magazines alike. To the
tightly-knit cliques of champagne-swilling socialites, they are highly
respectable Old Money. In the political circles of Washington, they are
wealthy industrialists to be courted for endorsement and donations.
To millions across the globe, they are The Boss — and
the tone with which those words are uttered ranges from bored
acknowledgement in boardrooms to fear and respect in back alleys, for
the Green family's vast wealth has its foundations in hearts blacker
than midnight. Money buys a veneer of respectability and layers it over
terrified silence, for breathing a word of the steady stream of
black-ops programs that keep the Greens on top will see your death in
either a tragic accident or backstreet mugging within a week.
Of course, that's if you're lucky or not worth the
hassle. Hazel Green's mansion has so many interesting things in
the laboratories beneath, after all...
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