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THE POISON DECISION
Rhael Dane did not answer the question immediately, and that silence said more than panic would have."Yes. General." Rhael finally replied.Darius Herold turned away from Rhael and walked back toward the window, slower this time, like each step was carrying a heavier thought.The city below still moved with its usual rhythm. Cars flowed. Uniformed guards stood in place. Clerks entered government buildings with files under their arms. From up here, the country looked stable.Darius hated how false that looked.“You say that too easily,” he said at last. “As if killing Ethan Xavier during negotiations is just another adjustment to policy.”Rhael remained where he was, calm and upright. “General I say so because survival is easier than regret,” he replied.Darius let out a dry breath and rubbed his jaw. “You say survival?” he repeated. “You dress murder in a practical language very well, Brigadier.”Rhael’s face did not move. “I dress reality as it is,” he said. “Ethan is no longer a nu
THE SUGGESTION TO KILL
Rhael did not rush. He chose his next words like a man placing charges around a bridge. “It means you are preparing to sit in a room with someone who has already gained too much,” he said. “And you are preparing to do it under rules that favor his survival.”Darius frowned slightly as the meaning behind those words began to settle in his mind. The suggestion was not yet spoken clearly, but the direction of it was obvious enough to make his chest tighten. Rhael was not talking about strategy anymore. He was talking about something far darker.Darius studied him. “Speak clearly because I am struggling to understand you at this point.”The irritation in Darius’s voice was real, but beneath it was something else. A thin thread of unease had begun to creep into the conversation. He had asked for clarity, yet a part of him already suspected what the brigadier general was about to say.Rhael inclined his head. “General, if Ethan enters that room and leaves it alive, he leaves with more tha
A LEADER WHO TRUSTS NO ONE
The presidential office was too quiet for a room holding that much power.General Darius Herold stood by the tall window with his hands behind his back, staring at the pale morning over the capital. The city below looked calm from this height. It looked obedient. It looked like something a man could control. But Darius had learned the hard way that calm was often a lie told by distance.Behind him, Brigadier General Rhael Dane stood near the long table in silence. He did not interrupt. He knew better than to speak before Darius emptied enough anger to make room for words.Darius finally spoke, and his voice was low and bitter. “I cannot even tell who is loyal anymore.”Darius’s jaw tightened as he spoke again, the bitterness rising back into his voice. “Vincent Korr was supposed to be my answer at Linbourgh,” he said. “I trusted him to take Xavier Tech from Ethan Xavier. I trusted him to secure the uranium beneath that building.”He stopped pacing for a moment and looked down at hi
THE SIGNATURE TRAP
Mina did not look surprised by Ethan’s suspicion. If anything, she looked ready for it.Her smile stayed polite as she folded her hands over the tablet. “That is only because I respect efficiency,” she said. “And because there are already people in your company who understand the value of this project.”Ethan’s gaze sharpened. “What does that mean?”Mina held his eyes and answered without flinching. “Your board has already approved the project.”The room went still.Even the air seemed to tighten around the sentence. Mira’s fingers froze on her tablet, and the two men behind Mina lowered their eyes like they knew this was the line that would change the mood.Ethan turned his head slowly toward Mira. His voice stayed calm, but that calm had weight in it now. “In my absence?”Mira swallowed once, then nodded. “Yes, Master Ethan,” she said. “They reviewed the proposal before you returned. They gave a provisional thumbs up, pending your final signature.”Ethan looked at her for a long se
A DEAL TOO BIG TO IGNORE
Mina’s eyes brightened, like she had been waiting for that question. “Xavier comes in at the core,” she said. “The brain of the system. The AI decision engine. The robotics coordination layer. The predictive maintenance.”She looked directly at Ethan. “In short, we need Xavier AI and Xavier robotics to make this possible.”The words settled into the room with quiet weight. Mina spoke like someone who had rehearsed this presentation many times before arriving here. But beneath the confidence in her voice was something sharper—an urgency that suggested Gibson Pharmaceutical wanted this deal more than they were admitting.Ethan didn’t move. “You’re asking me to build the machine,” he said.Ethan’s tone did not rise, yet the question carried pressure. Everyone in the room understood what building such a system meant. This was not a simple software contract. It meant designing the technological backbone of an entire pharmaceutical empire.“Yes,” Mina said. “With us funding the facility,
THE BILLION DOLLAR MACHINE
Mina’s greeting landed softly, but the room did not feel soft.“Hello, Master Ethan,” she said politely.For a brief moment the room felt quieter than it should have. The air-conditioning hummed softly above them, but no one moved. The two men behind Mina remained still, their posture was disciplined like they understood the importance of this meeting. Even Mira’s fingers stopped moving on her tablet as she watched Ethan carefully.Ethan watched her without changing his face. He had seen polite smiles before. Some of them hid respect. Others hid knives.“Goodday,” Ethan replied. His tone was calm. “Sit if you want to sit. Speak if you came to speak.”Mina’s smile stayed. She turned slightly and gestured to the men behind her like they were part of the package.“We appreciate your time,” she said. “We’re here on behalf of Gibson Pharmaceutical Group to propose a partnership with Xavier Tech group.”The name of the company carried weight in the room. Gibson Pharmaceutical was not a min
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