Forged in the Storm

CASSIA

The hum of the Gulfstream’s engines was a low, steady vibration that matched the adrenaline still coursing through my veins. We were thousands of feet above the jagged peaks of the Alps, the world below a blurred tapestry of white and green. Inside the cabin, the tension of the meeting had mutated into something else—something darker and more electric.

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