Chapter 199 My Ass

***Agent Cora Jennings***

“You wanted power.”

“No,” she corrected immediately. “Power is temporary.” Her eyes held mine steadily across the table. “I wanted permanence.”

That answer settled into the room like poison. Not emotional. Not dramatic.

Worse. Calculated. Because she meant every single word.

Completely.

“I grew up in this city,” Sinclair continued quietly. “I watched wealthy men destroy e