CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Talon couldn’t help but feel amazed when she and Electrica entered the lobby of the Mann Corporation Building. She didn’t know what she’d been expecting, but whatever it was, she was blown away by what she saw.
It was a large, wide-open room, with polished marble flooring and soaring columns that supported the high ceiling above. Dozens of men and women moved to and fro across the lobby, some going to the elevators, some heading up the stairs, and still more making their way in and out of the lobby on their way to complete errands. In one corner was a small rest area, where four couches were seated around a large flat-screen TV displaying one of the big cable news channels, where a couple of serious-looking businessmen were rapidly discussing some kind of business deal.
