Genevieve Hayes had spent fifteen years perfecting the art of being invisible

How did she speak it with the ease of someone raised around danger?

And why had she reacted before anyone else understood the threat?

Genevieve lowered her gaze to her untouched glass of water.

For the first time in fifteen years, she felt seen.

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When the meeting finally ended, the men rose with the smooth confidence of people accustomed to expensive rooms and hidden arrangements.

Arthur Castiglione shook hands, smiled too widely, and congratulated himself on what he believed had been a successful evening. His advisors gathered their folders. Security moved toward the door.

One by one, they left.

Only Lorenzo Costa remained seated.

Genevieve did not move.

She knew better than to flee too early. Fear attracts attention. Panic confirms guilt. So she stayed exactly where she was, her posture calm, her breathing measured.