I stood in Lianna's office, staring at a map of the Valerian complex spread across the conference table. After a strenuous merger and brutal internal purge of the Syndicate, Valerian was now the center of our secret power, hidden behind the facade of a charity and logistics company run by Grandmother, who was now loyal.
"Cyrus knows we're going to come here to secure the fake bunker," I told Lianna, my voice low and calculating. "He and Elara think the Iron Dragon Technology and the Backup Key are there. They're going to attack that location first."
Lianna stood beside me, her expression a mixture of a leader's resolve and a loving wife's fear. "Good. Let them waste their time and resources attacking the fake site. Meanwhile, we'll focus on the real location."
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