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Chapter 24: Lions at the Gate

Penulis: Athisarae
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The Valemont library had become a war room. Eleanor and Leon were huddled around a large mahogany table covered in financial reports and printouts of Eleanor’s proposal.

“Simone is not a sledgehammer,” Leon said, his voice radiating the calm, measured tone of a veteran general planning a campaign. “He will not attack your entire plan. He will find the single weakest point and cut with precision until you bleed out in front of the board.”

“The Southeast Asian logistics partner,” Eleanor said immediately, tapping a chart. “It’s the most ambitious part of the projection. The highest potential reward, but also the highest perceived risk. That is where he will cut.”

“Exactly,” Leon confirmed. “So we do not defend that position. We reinforce it before the battle even begins.”

For the next two hours, they worked. Leon, leveraging contacts he had not spoken to in years, secured the financials for a more established, secondary logistics partner in the region.

Eleanor worked furiously. She re-
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