Chapter 93

GIDEON

The silence in my office was rare and for once, welcome.

No ringing phones. No back-to-back meetings. No crisis clawing at my attention. Just the distant hum of New York City outside, muffled by the thick glass of the penthouse windows. The world below was alive, pulsing and urgent, but in here, for a breath of a moment, it felt like time had stopped.

I leaned back in my chair, phone in