"You just bought her exactly twelve hours."
The senior board member backed slowly away from the broken glass. He glared at Ryan Parker with pure corporate venom.
Magnus Mace took a single, heavy step forward. The proxy executive immediately retreated toward the ruined doorway in pure terror.
"The AuraStream Tech Gala is tonight," the board member snapped at Elena. "You will stand on that main stage and announce your immediate resignation. If you refuse, we publish your medical records to the global press before midnight."
The two corporate suits practically ran down the pristine hallway. They desperately wanted to escape the giant underground mercenary.
Elena Vance stared at the spilled ink bleeding across the glass conference table. Her entire digital empire was collapsing right in f
