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CHAPTER 13

Author: ARPAN PORAME
last update publish date: 2026-03-07 06:19:10

The Hidden Vein

The joy of the successful board meeting didn't last long.

By 6:00 AM the next morning, the "Azure Guardian" project hit its first wall of steel.

Liora was in the Azure design studio when Leo Vance rushed in, his face ashen.

"Liora, we have a problem. A catastrophic one."

Liora didn't look up from her tablet. "The gemstone suppliers?"

Leo blinked, stunned. "How did you know?"

"Marcus Miller isn't a man of creativity, Leo. He’s a man of choke points."

"If he can't steal the techno
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