The executive board meeting was moved to the following afternoon. The moment Elena stepped into the conference room, she realized that most of the people seated around the table were faces that had once worked under her. The only difference was that now, almost no one took the initiative to greet her. The seat she used to occupy belonged to Diana, while Elena had been assigned a place near the far end of the table, well away from the core management group. Reginald sat at the head of the table with a thick stack of reports in front of him, his expression making it clear from the start that he had no intention of favoring anyone.
Diana waited until everyone had settled before putting a summary report up on the screen. “Over the past six months, Ashbourne’s bloodline equipment and treatment
