The Oval Chamber was quiet except for the low hum of the city beyond its tall windows. Power hung in the air the way incense clings to a cathedral, thick, intoxicating, suffocating. Donan Temp, President of the Federated States, leaned back in his leather chair, jacket unbuttoned, tie loosened, his gaze heavy on the young woman sorting through a stack of late-night briefing papers across the desk.Frida Day. His assistant. His temptation.Her pen tapped against the folder as she read, unaware or pretending not to notice, how his eyes traveled from the slope of her neck down the delicate buttons of her blouse. She had been working under him for a year, efficient, loyal, perfectly discreet. But tonight, the strain of power and the proximity of her perfume gnawed at his discipline.“Frida,” he said, his voice low, a command even when wrapped in silk.She looked up, her lips parting slightly. “Yes, Mr. President?”He didn’t answer right away. He let silence work its magic, the kind that f
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