“Get her ready.”Alexei didn’t raise his voice when he said it, but the room responded all the same. Sofia barely had time to process the order before two women stepped forward, as if they had been waiting for that exact moment.“Come,” one of them said gently.Sofia glanced at him, just once.There was no hesitation in him, no pause that suggested she could refuse, and for a second she considered standing her ground anyway, just to see what would happen.She didn’t.The decision wasn’t submission, not really. It was awareness. Whatever this was, it was already moving, and she needed to understand it before she tried to resist it.So she followed.The difference was immediate the moment she stepped out into the hallway. The penthouse no longer felt like a place she had been brought into temporarily. Guards stood at intervals that looked casual until you realized none of them ever shifted without purpose. Sofia’s gaze moved as they walked, taking it all in without turning her head too
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