While Salem is in emotional turmoil, many people look elsewhere: for power and money.

Titan Publishing Company — once seen as a symbol of success and power — has become a springboard for a new conspiracy.

Kate Roberts and Maggie Kiriakis’s discussion of Titan’s future is not simply business — it is a plan to “break the neck” of all competitors.

The moment Kate and Maggie meet in Titan’s office — cold white lights, high glass doors, the clicking of the coffee machine — becomes tense.

Kate looks at Maggie — a half-smile on her lips, cold gray eyes: “If you agree — we will rule Salem. If not — Titan will fall.” Maggie — hands clasping her cup, eyes hesitant, lips trembling — knows full well that this is not a request: it is an order.

They talk about shares, contracts, control, but behind it is the lever of life and death. Kate quietly pulled a thick file bag from her desk drawer, stamped “Confidential.” She pushed it toward Maggie: “Read before you decide.” Maggie looked at the file—each name, each amount, each clause—enough to suffocate anyone who wanted to protest.

The atmosphere in the room changed: cold, thick. Maggie knew—if she continued—she would not only be walking down the path of power—but also the path of sin. But if she refused—Titan collapsed, power vanished, she lost everything. Behind the papers, the numbers, were lives, secrets, threats.

The scene of Kate standing by the window looking out at the rain, holding a cigarette—the smoke drifting lightly—showed clearly: power makes people lonely. And Maggie, her face pensive, her eyes calling on a trembling wrist—she knew: one call could determine fate.

The story of Titan—power—money—now turned Salem into an arena. Titan is more than a company: it’s a weapon, a trap, a question: what are you willing to give for power, and what are you willing to lose in keeping it? Maggie and Kate—each of whom makes a choice—will determine the course of the future. And for Salem—it’s a very dark bet.