The air in the room seemed to sizzle after Nisi mentioned the ‘pack’.
I tried to focus on my laptop screen, but the numbers were blurring into a mess of black ink. Every time I reached for my water glass, I could feel their eyes tracking the movement of my wrist, my throat, my pulse. It was like being in a cage with two lions who were currently deciding if I was a guest or a snack.
“The projections,” I started.
I cleared my throat and tried again, channeling every ounce of that c*m laude energy.
“As you can see from the first quarter, our risk assessment in the emerging markets has yielded a twelve percent increase in, ”
“Forget the markets, Rahab,” Rapha interrupted.
He hadn’t sat down. Instead, he began to pace the length of the mahogany table with a predatory grace that made t
