I remember the first time I saw her—years ago, standing beside Alicia. Same blood, same eyes, yet where Alicia was fragile, she burned. Even then, I knew she didn’t belong in cages. And she proved it when she ran.

She slipped through the cracks of my world like she was never meant to be caught. No one leaves me. No one disappears.

Until her.

Years later, she walks back into my orbit, thinking she’s untouchable. She never was.

I let her fight. I let her believe she has a choice.

Then I take it.

“I’ll return your company,” I tell her, voice calm, decisive. “Every asset. Every share.”

A pause. A breath.

“All you have to do… is be mine.”