EPISODE 03Arc I: The AwakeningDraft
The Brother

Meech arrives, demanding his cut. Reign refuses. A rivalry is born.
**FADE IN:**

**INT. MAYOR'S OFFICE - DAY**

Reign, dressed in a sharp, elegant business suit, walks past a stunned receptionist and enters the Mayor’s private office without knocking. MAYOR THOMPSON (50s, powerful, arrogant) looks up, furious.

MAYOR THOMPSON
Who the hell do you think you are?

REIGN
I'm the woman who owns you.

She places a small audio recorder on his desk and presses play. The Mayor’s voice fills the room, soliciting a bribe to make a DUI charge disappear.

MAYOR THOMPSON
(panicked)
Where did you get that?

REIGN
That’s not the interesting part. The interesting part is that the DUI was for your daughter. And it wasn't her first. It was a hit-and-run.

The Mayor’s face drains of color. He’s broken.

REIGN (CONT'D)
I have the police report you buried. The one that conveniently fails to mention the victim who ended up in a coma.

She picks up the recorder and deletes the file in front of him.

REIGN (CONT'D)
All that evidence is now mine. Which means you are, too. From now on, you answer my calls.

She turns and walks out. From a black sedan parked across the street, DET. VANCE (40s, sharp suit, predatory eyes) watches her leave City Hall. He takes a picture of her with his phone, intrigued.

**SMASH CUT TO BLACK.**

**ON SCREEN TEXT: A NEW PLAYER HAS ENTERED THE GAME.**

**END OF EPISODE 3**