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LAZARRUS I sat in my black leather chair behind the large ebony wood desk. I stared at my phone screen, which still showed the message I had just sent. "Come to my office, Little Doe." I read the sentence again. Then I opened the employee profile linked to that phone number. Her name was Celeste Harper. She was twenty four years old and the new intern secretary who had started working yesterday morning. She had replaced Mira, who had resigned. Yesterday, I sent Celeste a message with my request. It should have been on my desk that morning. But it was not there because she had not arrived yet. I knew my request sounded crazy. But I was used to asking for unusual things. The people around me were trained not to ask questions. They just obeyed. Last night, exactly at midnight, my phone vibrated. One video came in from Celeste's number. I opened it without thinking twice. In the video, she lay on a narrow bed in a simple rented room. Her eyes were red. Her cheeks were wet with tea

CELESTE Well, I had no other choice, so I went back to him. I stood in front of the door to Lazarrus’s private office on the top floor of Walkez Tower. The clock showed seven in the evening. The office building was almost empty, and the corridor lights were only half on. I took a deep breath, then knocked softly. “Come in,” his deep voice came from inside, calm and firm as always. I opened the door and stepped in. The room was large and dark, lit only by the city lights from the big glass window that covered one whole wall. Lazarrus stood with his back to me, facing the window. He was tall and strong, his broad shoulders clear under the black shirt that fit his body perfectly. The shirt sleeves were rolled up to his elbows, showing muscular arms and veins that stood out when he held a crystal glass filled with golden whiskey. The city lights reflected on the glass, making his drink look like liquid gold. His hair was thick black, combed neatly back, and his posture was so comman