The tension inside Blackwood Tower no longer hid behind polite corporate language.
It breathed openly now.
Screens across the executive floor glowed with falling stock indicators, financial news banners looping endlessly beneath market analysis panels. The Blackwood name, once synonymous with stability, had become the center of speculation.
BLACKWOOD INDUSTRIES UNDER PRESSURE
INVESTORS DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY
LEADERSHIP CRISIS LOOMS
Damian stood alone in the executive conference room long before the emergency shareholder session began. Floor-to-ceiling windows revealed a restless city below, traffic moving like veins under strain.
He watched none of it.
His attention remained fixed on the report tablet in his hand.
Projected losses. Market volatility. Institutional withdrawals.
All
