‘Read my name. You have 30 seconds…’

me into it!”

“You begged me to expand faster!”

Their empire cracked apart publicly—not elegantly, but desperately. Greed never dies gracefully.

I watched without raising my voice.

That was the part Vanessa couldn’t understand.

She expected tears. Rage. Trembling hands. She expected the old Nora—the girl she trained an entire school to mock.

But the old Nora continue reading …