Chapter 19 Chapter Nineteen

• Elena Voss arrived at the Blackwood Holdings lobby without an appointment and asked for Alex by name.
• The receptionist recognized her at once. Former companion of the CEO. Frequent guest at previous corporate functions. She was shown to a waiting area of low leather chairs and told someone would check his availability. Elena sat with the composed posture of a woman who expected the answer to be yes.
• Alex was in a meeting with the logistics integration team when his assistant’s message appeared on the tablet at his elbow. He read it once, finished the sentence he had been speaking, and excused himself with a brief nod. Dom watched him leave but said nothing.