Evaline:
I clicked on the shut down option on my monitor and watched the screen go dark, the soft hum of the system fading into silence. The moment it fully powered off, I slumped back into my chair and stretched my arms over my head, muscles protesting as a tired groan escaped my lips.
The day had been anything but easy.
From the second I stepped into Elion's office at nine in the morning, it had been one task after another without so much as a proper pause to breathe. I still remembered the way he barely let me sit down before assigning me the responsibility of preparing the final report for the postguard towers development project - a project that had been discussed in the council meeting last month and was scheduled to be presented again tomorrow.
It wasn't just any report.
It was the final version.
The one that would be placed before the council, scrutinized by Alphas, elders, strategists, and political minds who would find flaws even where none existed.
