Reborn in Crimson
Alexander reached over, his long fingers gently lacing through hers and lifting her hand to his lips, pressing a slow, warm kiss against the back of her skin.
"Congratulations, Victoria," Alexander rasped softly, his voice carrying a protective warmth reserved only for her. "Your father's legacy is coming home."
Twenty minutes later, the high-security transfer room beneath the auction floor was deathly quiet.
Victoria stood before the reinforced steel counter as the masked curator placed the heavy glass case containing her father's drive into her hands. The cool weight of the obsidian drive felt like a massive anchor in her palms, grounding her after weeks of brutal corporate warfare and bet