The heavy glass doors of Conference Room B clicked shut. Sienna stood in the carpeted hallway, her heart pounding a frantic rhythm against her ribs. The adrenaline was a high-voltage current in her veins, making her fingertips tingle. She had done it. She had looked the monster in the eye and hadn't

The boardroom was a cavern of tension, the silence ringing in the aftermath of Sienna's challenge. She walked past the row of seated, anxious board members, her heels clicking rhythmically against the hardwood floor. She didn't look at Liam Thorne or Chloe Sterling as she made her way to the head of

The news hit the financial networks like a seismic shockwave.

By noon, the chyrons on every major news channel were scrolling the same devastating headline: *THORNE DEVELOPMENTS CEO ARRESTED FOR FEDERAL FRAUD; VANGUARD HOSPITALITY SECURES BILLION-DOLLAR ASSETS.*

Within two hours of the arrest, Th