Chapter 40 Forty
- The press event was set in Lucien’s private atrium glass walls facing the skyline, under tempest skies. A crowd of flashing cameras and masked elites. Security thick, tension thicker.
- Sera stood at the podium, facing the crowd. Lucien, Dr. Marte, Maple, and Henry flanked her behind velvet ropes. No tech barriers this time, only truth.
- The livestream began.