The long and exhaustive day she had been anticipating for years was finally over, and now all they had to do was await the results. But it was all superficial really, the whole election process a formality as Charles had long since been declared the winner in the eyes of those who mattered most—the power brokers, the elite, the ones pulling the strings behind the scenes. The campaign had been meticulously orchestrated, every move calculated to perfection, leaving nothing to chance, she made sure of it.
And though she knew the outcome of the election she couldn’t help but be anxious for the votes to be out already and have him be declared the winner. She couldn’t explain it, but she felt rather anxious and out of sorts. As if something was deviating from her carefully calculated plan and t
