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lass-enclosed conference suite on Floor 35,
pened with
forcers wearing Blackwater pins. He carried an embossed leather portfolio under his ar
tion and sitting opposite me. "I am Douglas Finch, chief legal coun
seconds to state your business before building s
unzipped his portfolio and slid a thick s
y Alpha Black, your father and the Pack Council have determined you are unfit to manage the Beaumont maternal inheritance. If you sign this waive
d my eyes. "An
wo o'clock. We will brand you an unstable, hysterical rejected female. You will be stripped of your executive license, locked in a p
ind Finch. Their postures were aggressive,
-thin smile t
de with two fingers, and pulled my personal tablet f
is document, Mr. Fin
reen. His smug expressio
ined, my voice steady and clinical. "I submitted it to the Sinclair Global Risk Committee twenty minutes ago. It de
. "Where did you get these figure
cate," I interrupted. "As of eight o'clock this morning, Sinclair Global officially
ble, my presence completely ove
nks call their short-term liquidity loans. The interest on your commercial developments spikes by four hund
ed milk. "You... you can't do t
back. "Take your papers, walk back to Gabe Black, and tell him that if he or my father files a single petition
hands, turned on his heel, and practically sprinted t
lass door c
began to shake violently. The strain of standing against the entire weight of my heritage, of
the cold glass table, breat
stood before a massive bank of surveillance
screen where Douglas Finch was fl
an murmured, an edge of genuine respect in his voice. "Single-han
ethal smile. His dark eyes glowe
ess," Caden said softly. "She
ice dropping into
es to quietly tighten Blackwater's margin requirements by an additio
way, You
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