Arthur Sterling's warning hung in the air of the empty hallway, a final, somber note after the boardroom's mix of panic. Grant Harrison had just bet his empire on her.
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MADDISON'S POV
To Maddison, on the floor of her apartment building, the first payoff of that bet had just come in the form of a black car, a group of silent men, and a firm, strong knock on her door.
The knock was not just wild, It was worse. It was firm, strong, and solid, the knock of a woman who knew she was in her own house and was not planning to leave. Maddison stepped back from the door, her heart thumping against her chest like a hamster in a wheel. The flash from the street camera had been a slap but this sudden knock felt like it was an attack. They've got her addre
