Eva woke before her alarm, eyes opening to the pale grey light creeping through the curtains. For a few seconds, she lay still, listening to the quiet hum of the house, grounding herself in the present. She had learned that fear liked to strike in the early hours, when the mind was unguarded. Today, she refused to give it space.She sat up slowly, placing her feet on the floor, breathing in and out with intention. Whatever followed her into this day, she would meet it standing.By the time she arrived at Mills Corporation, she was already composed, dressed sharply, hair pulled back, expression calm. The boardroom was unusually quiet when she walked in. Not tense exactly, but careful. Conversations paused briefly, then resumed in lower tones. Eva took her seat without acknowledgment, placing her tablet neatly in front of her.The meeting moved through routine matters first; quarterly projections, compliance updates, operational expansions but Eva could feel the shift before it came.
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