Searching for Her Shadow
Draft
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In this world, where the higher class are actors and lower class are simply tools, there are seven families who are the writers and directors.
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The seven families, also known as the kingmakers. They dominate the stock market and the politics and behind the scenes – the underworld.
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The Volkovs, Russia's most powerful family. They arrived one day and the markets flipped. No one knows when and how it happened, but now their presence is everywhere.
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From small to big companies. From banks to oil reservoirs. They dominate 67% of Russian market, through their legitimate business and their illegal affairs. One flick of their finger and Russia will fall completely.
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The Chens, the descendants of Chinese royal family. They might have lost their crown but not their influence. They own big and small shares in China's electronics and real estate market. But they aren't the only ones who dominate it If they dominate the economics, another family dominates the Asian mafia.
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The Zus they were known as the Crown's advisor. The kingdom fell but not their people. The brain behind the curtains. Most of Asia's mafia is controlled by them. From brothels to drugs and illegal weapons.
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The Russo's, known as Italy's one of the influential families since roman times, but with a different surname. After the fall of empire their name also disappeared, and everyone forgot about them. Not until industrial revolution their name resurfaced but after the country became united in 1847 their power also changed.
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Now they control the chessboard. They own most of Italian news channels, banks and gold reservoir in the world. 73% of European banks are under them and 33% of gold. And they indirectly control the information around the world.
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The Medvils’ and Browns, the American business and underworld owner.
From medicine to illegal drugs. From real estate to brothels.
They own white money and black money.
One family, two surnames. Nobody still knows the reason.
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And there is the seventh family, whose traces disappeared. Some say they were killed brutally and few say the disappeared to live a normal life, away from bloodshed. No one knows how they disappeared, but one day, they were gone.
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But what is not told is these six families are connected. They own shares in each other’s companies. These seven families are connected from five generations, their presence was light, until and eighth family tried to rise and create an uproar, whose presence the last generation has yet to know.
Isabella's PoV
The scorching heat of mid summer made my brain boil like yesterday's hotpot, also the "motivational" speech I had to hear from Papi in the early morning
Never and I say never mid-summer your parents about school life in the early morning, especially in midsummer
I am Isabella Raymond, second daughter of Richard Raymond and Elisa Hope. I am 17 years old and from today you are going to read my story and see if at the end of the day I make out of this school or not
Today I'll be attending the Royal Academy. Also known as the Royal "Brain" Academy, one of the most prestigious academies around the blue globe we call Earth.
This school has been founded on neutral grounds by seven underground kings centuries ago
And children of Presidents, dictators, businessmen and mafias attend.
You read that right Mafias.
But normal people also can enter, only through the three-step exam, which drowns your life expiry to few decades.
Four years of course, full scholarship, internship with double payment (the employment payment plus Royal payment), free membership – from gym to meals.
And whoever enters through family chain, they must pay a whole 40 thousand Swiss franc yearly, which most families here can afford.
You can search for this only like I did when Papi said I’ll be attending this school from now on.
And I entered through scholarship, because I thought why don’t I try suicide since I am bored of this life, and my dearest Papi suggested it.
So yeah, I will die earlier than you can imagine, maybe at the end of the book I’ll be already dead.
I check my wristwatch and for the first time ever I am not late. Well, I’ve got history with school and time.
Let's see if I can find something today or not
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