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Chapter 553: Elena Disrupts the Meeting
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2026-04-08 20:41:17The second Whitmore Council meeting was meant to be procedural.
That alone made Lillian uneasy.
Procedural meant control reasserting itself through structure. It meant language polished to sound neutral while positioning power exactly where it had always lived. The invitations had been precise, the agenda short, the seating chart revised.
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