Elin's POV

The spreadsheet blurs in front of me, rows of numbers bleeding together under the fluorescent office lights. My fingers fly across the keyboard, executing the land acquisition deal that'll net Bloodshade Group another quarter million. Easy money. The kind of work that used to make my pulse quicken with satisfaction.

Now it just feels like killing time.

'Focus,' Istha growls inside me. 'This matters.'

She's right. Every deal I close, every contract I negotiate—it's not just ...