Intro. Levi Ackerman was seventeen years old when his world ended at a bend in the road. The rain was falling heavily that night. The kind of rain that turns off headlights, swallows sound, turns everything into a blur. The father drove, as always, too calmly for someone who ran the largest technology company in the country. The mother talked about a trip they would take when "things calmed down". And in the back seat, Levi's sister slept with her head against the window. None of them made it home. The accident was quick. Truck, wet track, too many seconds and too little control. There was no goodbye. There was no last important conversation. Just the phone ringing at dawn, a very white hospital and a sentence that no one should have to hear. Suddenly, the last name Ackerman was in the news. The company became a dispute. The empire became a meeting of lawyers. And Levi became an adult without asking. He took custody of his sister before he even understood what it meant to "take over" something. He started making coffee that always remained