WELLINGTON'S POVPoof!The gun goes off, the sound explodes in my ears, loud and violent, and everything inside me jolts. My eyes slam shut on instinct as the world tilts beneath me. It feels like I’ve been pushed off the rooftop of my penthouse, freefalling, weightless, with nothing to hold on to, no rope, no safety, just empty space and the promise of impact.I wait for the pain to tear through me, for my body to crash and break, for my breath to be knocked out of me so completely that I can’t find it again.But that doesn't come, instead, like a dog jerked awake by a splash of cold water, I snap back.My eyes fly open and I’m back in the meeting room.Except… I’m not on the floor like I thought.I’m upright, strapped down.My chest rises as I try to move, but I can’t. My arms are restrained against the sides of a massive chair, heavy with leather, built not for comfort. The type you'd find in game rooms. Devices surround me, machines blinking and beeping in steady, unsettling rhyth
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