Alex.
Life has lost every single shred of meaning to me over these past few agonizing days now. A suffocating, hollow darkness has settled deep within my chest, leaving me feeling completely empty, broken, and defeated.
Absolutely everything I ever owned—every piece of power, every acre of territory, and every bit of authority I once held so securely—has been ruthlessly taken away from me.
I lay down flat on my back, staring blankly up at the ceiling as I recalled Ella walking into the boardroom. The vivid image played on a cruel, inescapable loop inside my head. I had lived my entire existence in utter blindness, having never once realized that she was this powerful, this calculating, or this capable my entire life.
