Chapter 63

• After Adrian and I left the meeting, Logan and Jeremiah stayed behind to finalize plans for selecting an inspector general and arranging resource shipments for the Southern expansion. This deal was everything—Logan had already secured twenty-three high-value properties, and he wasn’t about to let anything jeopardize his hard-won progress.
• The cool night air outside the towering glass skyscraper hit me as soon as we stepped out. Adrian exhaled sharply, his frustration evident. "Vivian, how can you guarantee we’ll even get to the negotiation table before Westhaven Industries? They’ve been working on this deal for over ten days, and we haven’t even left the city yet! Even if we work around the clock, we’ll never catch up."
• I met his gaze, steady and confident. "Nothing is impossible if we give it everything we’ve got. We’ll make it happen."