Citadel City.
The Ivory House.
For the past twenty years, the grand presidential residence had been home to Maxwell Abbott and his family.
Long before Maxwell became President of the Republic of Haven, before elections, national speeches, military briefings and the endless responsibilities that came with leading a country, there had simply been Maxwell and Catherine.
He married Catherine five years before winning his first presidential election.
She had stood beside him through every stage of his political career, from the days when success still looked uncertain to the years when Maxwell became one of the longest serving presidents in Haven's modern history.
While Maxwell handled the country...
Catherine handled the family empire.
The arrangement had worked surprisingly well.
One managed ministers, generals and foreign governments.
The other managed businesses, investments and everything Maxwell never had enough hours in the day to think about.
