From Trash to Titan
Maxwell pulled his car up to the Vertex Systems tower with eighteen minutes to spare, and the moment he saw the building, he understood that Driana had not been exaggerating about the scale of this event.
Media vans lined the entire block. Enormous banners hung down the glass face of the tower, dark blue and silver, carrying the Vertex logo and a single word beneath it: MERIDIAN. A steady stream of people in expensive suits flowed through the main doors, lanyards swinging, phones already out.
This was not a product launch. This was a coronation.
A valet took the car. Maxwell walked up to the main entrance, gave his name at the desk, and barely had time to finish saying it before a young man