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Chapter Seventy Four

Author: Kylie
last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-04-29 17:31:01

When Alignment Starts to Break

The first crack in alignment is never loud.

It’s procedural.

It looks like scheduling conflicts.

Like missed timing.

Like conversations that happen in halves instead of wholes.

Aurora noticed it before Elias did.

Or maybe he noticed it first and chose not to name it.

That was becoming harder to tell now.

It started with a meeting she wasn’t invited to.

Not officially excluded.

Just… not included.

A briefing s
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