"Sit down, Eva. Tonight the family decides whether you deserve a desk at Knight Industries."Victoria’s voice cut through the cavernous, vaulted dining hall of the Knight Manor, cold, measured, and as absolute as a judge’s heavy gavel striking stone.Eva stood at the edge of the sprawling mahogany table, her spine rigid, her chin held high despite the suffocating weight of sheer malice filling the grand room. The air was thick with the oppressive scent of aged cedar, expensive wine, polished silver, and rotten privilege. Seated along both sides of the long, gleaming table were key senior board members, legacy shareholders, and the inner circle of the Knight family cousins an elite, merciless tribunal brought together under the official guise of an urgent, closed-door executive review.And sitting right at Victoria's left hand, occupying the place of honor, was Ryan.He wore a pristine, custom black tailored suit, though a small flesh-colored bandage rested over his bruised lip where E
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