Chapter Fifteen - The Strain on Deonna’s Reputation

As she watched her team file out of the conference room, she caught sight of Logan passing by in the hallway. He met her gaze for a moment, a smug smile playing at the corners of his mouth, before continuing on his way. In that moment, everything clicked into place. Logan might have lost the battle yesterday, but he was far from defeated. He had simply changed tactics, targeting her team instead of her directly. Over the next few days, the situation only worsened. Deonna found herself constantly putting out fires, mediating disputes between team members, and defending her decisions at every turn. The once cohesive and efficient HR department had devolved into a hotbed of discontent and suspicion. It all came to a head on Thursday afternoon. Deonna had just finished a particularly grueling meeting with the finance department when she overheard two of her team members talking in hushed tones by the water cooler. "I don't know, man," one was saying. "Logan says she's not cut out for t