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All further communications regarding CY8 business must be routed through acting CEO Jonathan Tidball.

And that?

That’s the kill shot.

Not the loss of the title.

Not the loss of the building or the tech or the contracts or the legacy.

It’s thathisname is the last thing on the paper.

The signature on the grave of my father’s dream.

And mine.

I don’t cry this time.

There’s nothing left for tears to fix.

I just… fold.

I fold down into the chair, legs pulled up, arms wrapped around my knees like some corporate orphan, and stare at the screen until the lines blur.

Until the pain stops feeling sharp.

Until it justis.

A constant.

A companion.

A punishment.

And maybe that’s the worst part.

Not that I lost.

But that I let it happen.

That I didn’t fight harder.

That I didn’ttrustthe one person who looked at me like I was worth burning a galaxy for.

And now?

He’s gone.

And the silence is forever.

CHAPTER 15

GRAU

The front doors hiss open before I even reach them, like the building itself remembers me.

Maybe it does.

Maybe the circuits in the walls still hum with the memory of my boots on marble, of my name on clearance protocols. But I don’t need access. I don’t need permission. I walk in like I’ve always belonged. Because I do.

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