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Chapter 11

Author: Peace Friday
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Amara’s POV

The boardroom was colder than any winter night I had ever lived through. Not because of the temperature, because the central air purred softly, spilling a carefully regulated chill through the vents, but because of the people sitting around the polished mahogany table.

Executives in suits that cost more than my yearly rent. Faces carved from stone. Eyes sharp as glass. Every one of them carried the weight of empires on their shoulders, and I was the outsider.

I adjusted the tablet in front of me, pretending to skim through figures I had already memorized. The numbers didn’t matter, at least, not to me. What mattered was the man at the head of the table. Damien Cole. My boss. My enemy. My unexpected savior.

And right now, my undoing.

He leaned back in his leather chair with the kind of composure only power could buy. One hand rested on the armrest, the other tapping idly against the folder in front of him as though the entire world’s economy would crumble and he still would
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