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Chapter 56: Corporate Rivalry Ignites

Author: Evve
last update publish date: 2025-12-31 19:51:56

The meeting in Liam Cross’s office had been a negotiation.

It had ended as a ceasefire.

But in the boardroom of the AVA flagship, two weeks later, there was no peace. There was only the cold, digital hum of war.

Aurora stood at the head of the concrete table, her back to the window, her silhouette sharp against the gray New York sky. She wore her "wolf" suit—the charcoal one.

"They are blocking us," she said, her voice low and dangerous.

Elias sat to her right, looking tired. Her father, Henry
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