Chapter 26 - The Unresolved Shadow
Though Ethan sat behind federal prison bars, a troubling digital notification pinged on Clara's secure corporate phone late one night.
An anonymous encrypted file was transferred directly to her private server from an unknown offshore routing node.
Clara opened the file on her sleek laptop, illuminating her face in the dark penthouse study with a cold blue glow.
It was a scanned copy of an old corporate agreement signed twenty years ago between her father and Dmitri Sokolov's syndicate.
A sticky note attached to the PDF read: “Ethan was only a pawn. The real war for Sterling Industries is just beginning.”
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Clara’s heart skipped a beat as she realized the foreign syndicate hadn't given up their hostile takeover plans.
She closed the laptop slowly, her determination hardening into impenetrable steel as she prepared for the next battle.
