Dante watched the color drain from Bella’s face, but she didn’t flinch. She stayed rooted to the spot by Leo’s bed, her fingers curling around the cold metal of the railing. The hum of the ventilator seemed to grow louder in the vacuum of their silence. He had expected her to recoil at the mention of a federal indictment, to see the "fortress" he was building as nothing more than a prison with better lighting."Targeted for what, exactly?" Bella asked. Her voice was steady, almost analytical. "If the patents are legal, and the funding was authorized by the board, where is the crime?""The crime isn't in the existence of the tech, Bella. It’s in the reporting," Dante said. He stepped closer, dropping his voice even further. "The SEC and the FDA have been circling the Geneva clinic for months because they suspect the Blackwood Foundation used the 'pediatric research' label to bypass clinical trial protocols. If I name you as a co-owner of those patents to get you on the board, I’m essen
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