Wakes's POV
The laptop screen stared back at me like an accusation. The numbers couldn't be real. They couldn't be.
Savage Group stock: down eighteen percent. Trading volume: 400% above normal. And the acquisition notifications flooding my inbox told a story I refused to believe.
Blake Matthew Industries had been buying. Aggressively.
"Sir?" Heron's voice cut through the roaring in my ears. "The Holbrook people are on line three. They want to discuss…"
"Tell them we'll reschedule." My voice came out steady, controlled. Years of practice hiding weakness from competitors, from board members, from my wife.
But my hands were shaking as I scrolled through the acquisition reports. Shell companies, offshore accounts, private investment firms, all traceable back to Blake if you knew what to
