The report arrived without urgency. It was delivered the same way all the others had been over the past week: placed in a secure channel, organised, indexed, and stripped of anything unnecessary. The investigators Adrian hired did not dramatise their findings. They did not speculate unless instructed. They presented information with discipline.
That was why this report stood out, not because of how it was written, but because of what it contained.
Adrian did not open it immediately.
He sat at his desk, reviewing a separate set of documents related to market recovery projections. The numbers required attention. The situation within his company had not stabilised, and every decision now carried more consequence than before, particularly as they were facing increased competition and financial uncertainty. But even as he read, part of his attention remained elsewhere.
On her, Seraphina.
