He held the receiver to his ear, his gravelly voice echoing with unmistakable command across the silent atrium:
"Yes. I found exactly who I was looking for."
He paused, glancing at Ethan's determined face, then turned his gaze toward Victoria's retreating figure.
"Please ask the board to come down to the main lobby."
Victoria stopped by the glass elevator doors, looking over her shoulder with a mocking scoff. "Still playing pretend, old man? Call whoever you want, security will have you both on the sidewalk in sixty seconds."
Chapter IV: The Descent of the Titans
Before the building guards could move, all four private executive express elevators chimed in unison on the ground floor.
The brass doors slid open.
Rushing into the lobby at full sprint was the entire executive board of directors, led by the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Legal Officer, all visibly trembling and out of breath.