Chapter 31
Author: Endless_Peace
last update2025-07-24 19:48:43

The boardroom felt different without her. Empty chair, empty space where Kira's voice should have been cutting through the tension. Another board meeting. Benjamin adjusted his tie and looked around the mahogany table at faces that seemed both relieved and unsettled by her absence.

"Well," he began, clearing his throat. "I think we all know why we're here."

"Do we?" Jackson leaned back in his chair. "Because I'm hearing three different stories about where Kira is right now."

Murmurs rippled around the room. Margaret whispered something to the man beside her about defection. Another board member shook his head, insisting she'd been quietly removed for everyone's protection.

"The stories don't matter," Benjamin said, raising his voice slightly. "What matters is that she's not here. And we have a summit in two days."

James Sinclair sat at the head of the table, looking older than anyone remembered seeing him. The Patron's usual commanding presence had dulled to something resembling exhau
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