Rich Under Their Hate: The Social Status System
They were trapped—not by their mother, but by the very thing they had spent their lives trying to master.
"We have to get out of here," Pim said, lunging for the service elevator.
"It's dead!" Chalida shouted, hammering the buttons. "Everything's dead!"
The screens in the room suddenly went dark, and the lights dimmed to a flickering, ghostly blue. A voice—mechanical, synthesized, yet strangely familiar—echoed through the penthouse speakers.
"Target identified," the voice said. "Phase two: Elimination."
Pim looked at the countdown on her phone. 00:00:01.
The lights went out completely.