Luna POV
The lawsuit landed like a bomb.
I read it standing in my kitchen, the papers shaking in my hands, my coffee growing cold on the counter beside me. The language was brutal, precise, devastating—allegations of patent theft, corporate espionage, willful infringement of intellectual property rights held by Hartwell Industries, a shell company Richard had registered six months ago in Delaware.
Five hundred million dollars in damages. An injunction against all Nexus sales. A demand for Stellar's complete financial records, my personal communications, every line of code we had written in the past three years.
"He's trying to bleed us dry," Cici said, reading over my shoulder, her voice tight with fury. "Even if we win, the legal costs alone could bankrupt us. The discovery process wi
