Chapter 114 A Strategy of Shadows

The morning after the attack on Williams, the office was shrouded in an uneasy silence. The usual hum of activity felt muted, as if everyone was holding their breath, waiting for the next blow to fall. As I walked through the corridors, I could sense the tension in the air, the whispered conversations that stopped abruptly whenever I approached. The news of the scam had spread, and with it, the seeds of doubt and fear. I made my way to Kai’s office, where a small group of our most trusted executives had already gathered. Their faces were grim, their expressions betraying the anxiety that none of them could quite hide. Kai stood at the head of the room, his presence commanding as always, but there was a hardness in his eyes that I hadn’t seen before—a resolve that sent a chill down my spine. As I took my seat beside him, Kai began to speak, his voice steady but laced with determination. “We’ve been hit hard,” he said, not wasting any time with pleasantries. “But we’re not going to let