Chapter 58: The Fall
"Hey, you hearing me?"
Elias Kane's sharp, unfiltered demand cut through the phone line again. Liora Voss didn't flinch. She simply answered in that cool, velvet tone of hers, "I'll have her keep more distance. That way she won't infect you."
The edge in his voice sharpened with real irritation. "So you're not swapping her out after all?"
"Mhm." Liora let a faint, knowing smile touch her lips. "Still not satisfied? It's not as if the idiot virus travels through the air. Or is the real reason you want her replaced… that you don't find her pretty enough?"
Elias's face stayed perfectly blank on his end. "Her fucking dad."
[System Theta: What happened?]
The system's flat voice carried genuine shock—both at the host's sudden crude language and at the fact that the usual profanity filter had apparently vanished without a trace.
Elias let out a cold snort. "I knew she'd pick Lila Morgan because she's completely plain-looking."
