Chapter 38. Seat Number 12 (1)

2020, August 15th. Imperium, Warlanda

Almost out of time. Just a little over a week before the vote that would either allow Jonathan Maine to remain CEO of Maine Industries as well as seat number 11 or make Emily Maine the newest CEO of Maine Industries and seat number 11 of the House of Assassins.

As a next gen, this was always going to happen to her, but it wasn’t supposed to be so soon. Duke Maine was an unsavory character though, thus prompting Madz to plan replacing him with his daughter. That was before bodies started dropping and she became a suspect owing to her unique position. Any second now he could get the call and have to drop this huge bomb on her life that would blow up the tranquil sight that was her, assembling and disassembling a sniper rifle in the middle of the Maine estate grounds. That was still better than the alternative though. Better than getting the other call, the kill order.

“Word is you know how to make one of those work for you,” said