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Alice

I wasn’t part of the meeting.

Sir Rene had given me a task—several reports that needed to be organized and submitted before the end of the day. So while people in the office began packing up and heading home one by one, I stayed behind at my desk, already used to this kind of setup. I was only a part-timer after all, so working late had become normal for me. It had been the same in my previous jobs—night always seemed to catch up with me.

When I noticed that the entire floor had grown quiet and neither Lance nor Sir Rene had returned, I decided it...