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43. Turning the Board

Author: Sommy Nuela
last update publish date: 2026-06-08 00:35:00

Caspian’s POV

The glass-walled boardroom on the top floor of the Woods-Global tower felt like a hyperbaric chamber. The air was pressurized, thin, and thick with the scent of expensive cologne, old paper, and stale coffee. Outside, the early morning sun bounced off the surrounding skyscrapers, but inside, the atmosphere was entirely overcast.

The twenty-four seats around the grand, oval mahogany table wer
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