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A Time to Observe

Autor: Yellowdove
last update Fecha de publicación: 2026-01-17 23:10:58

Chapter 86

Rohan POV

The silence in my office feels different this morning. It is not the kind of silence I curate or the kind that follows after staff retreat, after doors close, after the house settles into its disciplined rhythm. This silence presses in on me and waits.

I sit at my desk with my hands folded over the surface, staring at the files I arranged before I slept last night. The stack is neat, precise, ordered by urgency and consequence. Names, accounts, influence chains, leverage po
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