The Billionaire’s Blood Debt: Ruined by My Enemy
"If I do nothing, the Vane Vanguard enters restricted military waters, triggering an automatic international customs impoundment. The cargo is locked in regulatory litigation, and the board uses the failure to suspend my credentials."
"But if you use your master key to force a manual override," Killian realized, his voice dropping to a low whisper, "your personal administrator signature is logged as a unilateral action."
"At tomorrow morning's final ratification meeting, they would paint me as a rogue operator who treats the fleet as a personal playground," I said.
"We have less than fifteen minutes before the ship crosses the safety threshold," Kincaid said, his eyes scanning the countdown