Chapter 27
CHAPTER 27: BREACH WITHIN The morning arrived with no sense of calm, only momentum already in motion, as if the day had started without Lena and was simply waiting for her to catch up. Before she even reached Calder–Moreau, Elias had sent the first update: Daniel Voss had requested a private board session without her presence. The request itself was not unusual on paper, but in context it was unmistakable. Something inside the board was shifting from discussion to alignment, and Lena knew exactly what that meant. She stood in her apartment for a moment longer than usual, staring at the city skyline as though she could read the direction of the coming storm in its movement. When Elias arrived to pick her up, he didn’t bother with pleasantries. “It’s starting,” he said simply. Lena picked
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