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Chapter 157: The Line in the Sand

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[Alice's POV]

The double mahogany doors of the conference room clicked shut behind us, sealing away the suffocating undercurrent swirling in the boardroom. The silence in the hallway was immediate and jarring, broken only by the distant hum of the HVAC system and the frantic beating of my own heart.

I leaned against the cool wall, closing my eyes for a fraction of a second. The adrenaline that had sustained me through the presentation — the gamble, the defiance, the clash of wills — was rapid
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