Sophia barely slept.
The message from the Council kept returning to her mind.
MAKE HIM WANT YOU. She had read those words before. Many times.
But tonight they felt different.
Once, they had been instructions.
Now they felt like a threat.
Sophia sat alone in her temporary apartment, staring at the phone on the table.
She could still remember why she had come to Valenridge. The Council had given her a mission.Get close to President Sebastian Ravenscourt. Earn his trust.
Make him emotionally dependent on her.
Create suspicion between him and Vivian.
Then destroy the marriage.
Once that happened, the Council believed the rest would be easy.
A morally compromised president would be easier to control.A divided government would be easier to manipulate.
And a wounded Vivian would become another weakness they could exploit.
