Just after her father's funeral, Elena Sterling believed she would inherit the family business according to the will, but at the board meeting where the will was read, her uncle Marcus publicly ousted her from power using a three-year-old mental health assessment report. She lost her seat, her reputation, and her control over the inheritance, leaving her with only an old voice recorder among her father's belongings. The incomplete recording pointed to the unfamiliar name "Norrington," and also pushed her towards Julian, Marcus's low-profile secretary. Rules, medical records, trusts, and marriage would become the first weapons she used in her retaliation.
