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Chapter 23: The Counter-Scheme

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The hidden room buzzed with frantic energy. The clock was ticking, the emergency board meeting drawing closer with each passing minute. May and Alex huddled over the laptop, their minds racing, their fingers flying across the keyboard.

"We need a plan," May said, her voice tight with urgency. "A way to stop that vote. To expose Harding before he can liquidate the company."

"We can't just burst into the boardroom," Alex said, his brow furrowed in concentration. "They'll be expecting us. They'll have security. We need to be smarter than that."

"We need to disrupt the quorum," May said, her eyes narrowing in thought. "Without a quorum, they can't hold the vote. They can't liquidate the company."

"How do we do that?" Alex asked. "The board is stacked with Harding's people. They'll vote however he tells them to."

"Not all of them," May said. "There's one… Ms. Eleanor Vance. She's not part of The Syndicate. She's a businesswoman, a client of Li
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