The company car rattled slightly as Elara tightened her grip on the steering wheel. The address blinked on her phone screen again V.A.L.E Corporation Headquarters. Three point five kilometers, they had said casually. As if it wasn’t far. As if it didn’t matter that they had dumped it on her because no one else “felt like going.” She exhaled slowly, pushing down the familiar sting in her chest. Just deliver and leave. The building rose into view sleek glass, intimidating, the kind of place that swallowed people whole. Elara parked, stepped out, and adjusted the package in her hands. Her uniform suddenly felt too small, too obvious. Inside, everything gleamed. Marble floors. Cold air. Quiet authority. She approached the front desk. “I’m here for a delivery,” she said softly. The receptionist barely looked up. “Wait over there.” Of course. Elara turned, clutching the package closer. The silence wrapped around her again, heavy and suffocating too similar to the feeling from weeks
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