Chapter 21

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Daemon I hadn’t made any progress at all. If anything, I’d only managed to make things worse. Should I come on strong? Maybe wear her down? Damn! Damn! Damn! The rest of the working day passed in a blur. I paced my office, walking from the window to the desk and back again, unable to settle. In a way, that was exactly how it felt: I was trapped in a cage; only the bars were the walls of my own mind, and the key was in the hands of a woman who had absolutely no idea how much power she held over me. It’s nearly six. Diana asked me for something… Right! The list of positions requiring new employees. I’ll knock it together quickly and take it to her myself. I don’t think I had ever worked that fast in my life. Twenty minutes later, the list was finished. I was already staring at the cloc

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