Chapter 26 - The Global Horizon
The expansion of Z-Corp Capital into international markets was not announced with press releases or splashy media profiles. It happened quietly through a series of legal filings and sovereign agreements that fundamentally remapped global trade routes. Zariah sat at her minimalist desk, reviewing the acquisition of a vital shipping terminal in Singapore, a move that effectively locked down the maritime corridor between East Asia and the Western Hemisphere. Her empire was no longer confined to the American Midwest; it was a sprawling, invisible web of infrastructure, capital, and absolute control.
Across the globe, world leaders and corporate titans negotiated trade deals unaware that the underlying debt and transit permissions were ultimately cleared through Zariah's private trusts. She closed the Singapore portfolio and opened the European energy grid projections. Every transaction was a brick in her fortress, laid with mathematical precision.
