Keith's POV
The tinted windows of the SUV framed the Vexxon Tech building like a picture of a life that felt a thousand years old. Directly opposite us, our glass-and-steel scrapper stood as a monument to everything we'd bled for, clawed for. Now, it felt like a target painted on our backs.
Damien had told them that the Valerius company is moving to seize control of the company." This was why our reunion with Vera and Kaelen had been cut short.
My hands rested on my knees, feeling useless.
"Are you ready for this?" Kieran's voice was low from the seat beside me. He was staring at the building's main entrance, his jaw a hard line.
I kept my eyes on the revolving doors, on the people flowing in and out, oblivious. "Why wouldn't I be?" My own voice was flat, cold. "We didn't suffer through Zarek's hell, didn't build this from stolen seed money and our own sweat, just to hand it over to another family who thinks they have a claim."
