Chapter 104

Gideon's POV

"Absolutely not." My voice echoed through the conference room, louder than I'd meant it to. "These numbers don't make sense."

Dominic, sitting to my right, rubbed a hand over his face, frustration mirroring my own. Across from us, on the massive video screen, three members of the Meridian Council board watched with expressions that hovered somewhere between boredom and disdain.

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