Sera isolated the sharp, scratching friction of the pen against the paper.
She exhaled a single, microscopic breath through her nose. Her facial muscles didn't twitch; she refused to betray a single trace of tactical victory.
Registrar Pen retrieved the authorized document, lifting a heavy iron registry stamp and bringing it down with a resounding, echoing thud.
"The materiality discovery request is formally approved. Sovereign archive retrieval will be executed via the registry courier network within — "
The heavy mahogany side door clicked open.
It was the restricted administrative entrance, utilized exclusively for emergency corporate interruptions. Caius’s personal executive assistant stood at the threshold, his face entirely drained of colour. He looked like a man tasked with del
