All Chapters of The Heir's Midnight Deal: Chapter 11
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CHAPTER 11: The Vote Nobody Announced
Callan found Felix hunched over three monitors at six in the morning, surrounded by cold coffee cups that had multiplied like evidence at a crime scene. Blue light from the displays washed over Felix’s face, turning his skin the color of salt."Tell me it's good news," Callan said, stopping at the edge of the desk."It's news," Felix replied, not looking up. His fingers flew across a mechanical keyboard with the sharp, rhythmic snap of small arms fire. "Whether it's good depends on how much you like your grandmother's job."He turned the center monitor around. Rows of shell entities, dated purchases, proxy assignments—a year's worth of quiet accumulation dressed up as routine portfolio diversification."Dorian's been buying loyalty," Felix said, tapping a red line of data. "Three board members. Whitfield, Anders, and—this is the one that's going to sting—Delacroix-Hart. All three took money through blind trusts that trace back, eventually, to Chase-adjacent holding companies. Eventual
CHAPTER 12: Retaining Counsel
Nathaniel Cross's office smelled like expensive leather and old ambition, and he made Seren wait exactly four minutes past their appointment time—long enough to be deliberate, short enough to be deniable.When his heavy mahogany door finally swung open, Cross sat behind a immaculate glass-topped desk overlooking the grey skyline of the financial district. Rain streaked the floor-to-ceiling windows behind him like tears on cold glass."Miss Crestwood-Dane." He didn't rise from his leather armchair. "Or is it Ashby today? I find people in your situation get precious about which name goes with which room.""Crestwood-Dane," Seren said, walking across the plush rug and taking the high-backed seat across from him without being offered it. "Since I'm the one whose freedom is on the docket, I'd like to know who's actually representing me.""I am. Officially. The Voss firm retained me on your case eight days ago, on Mr. Voss's authority and his grandmother's money." He steepled his long, mani