THE MORETTI PROTOCOL
She held Mercer's gaze without a single hint of fear.
"The ledger is closed, Mercer," Valerie spoke smoothly, her voice carrying a terrifying weight. "I don't owe the Chronos Group a single cent. Because if you check your secure servers right now, you'll find that my Queen just bought out your entire offshore bank relay. You don't own me. In fact, by the time we leave Geneva, you won't even own this building."
Mercer's hand flew to his earpiece as his personal terminal began to vibrate aggressively in his pocket. His eyes widened in sudden, absolute panic as he realized the Iron Queen hadn't come to negotiate—she had come to completely colonize his empire.