Chapter 38: The Sovereign Restructuring
The morning sun of the subsequent dawn cut through the glass-walled corridors of the Rossi Global Tower like a pristine silver blade. There were no financial reporters outside the perimeter gates today; the violent surge of the global stock market overnight had silenced the critics and paralyzed the board's lingering dissent.
At exactly 08:50 AM, the doors to the Grand Boardroom swung open for the second time in forty-eight hours.
The air in the room was freezing. The executive board members sat frozen in their seats, their faces pale, their eyes fixed on the empty leather chair at the head of the obsidian table. Arthur Rossi was absent, confined to his private estate under a localized digital quarantine. Harrison Vance was gone, currently being p
