Chapter 20 - A Mysterious Warning From An Unseen Global Competitor
That evening, as the city lights twinkled across the Manhattan skyline, Annie walked out onto the private penthouse terrace.
She looked down at her new Carter Series prosthetic leg, marveling at how smoothly and painlessly it supported her weight.
Jonathan walked up beside her, handing her a glass of sparkling cider to celebrate their monumental corporate victory.
“To a future where nobody ever has to negotiate with a broken piece of equipment again,” Jonathan toasted softly.
Just as Annie smiled and raised her glass, her smartphone buzzed with an incoming encrypted text message from an unknown international number.
She glanced down at the screen, her smile instantly vanishing as she read the chilling words displayed across the dark glass.
“Enjoy your temporary victory in New York, Ms. Carter.”
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“The Carter Series is built on patents that belong to Zurich, and we are coming to repossess every single one of them.”
Annie looked up at Jonathan with wide, concerned eyes, realizing the global war for the future of mobility was only just beginning.
