When Love Was A Lie
Damian took a deep breath, looking out at the sun setting over the empire he helped protect for so long.
"The ultimate cost of the Covenant," he said, his voice tinged with the finality of the decision, "is the perpetual surrender of absolute power."
He walked over to me and placed a hand on my shoulder, not as the CSO, but as the father. "I veto any hesitation, Eleanor. Execute the surrender. Go build the future."
I nodded, the weight of the new world settling onto my shoulders. The war of corporate survival was over. The war of human harmonization had just begun. The Covenant was not a destination; it was a tireless, continuous act of strategic self-sacrifice.
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