Chapter 30 - The Unseen Architect
Down in the city below, business journalists and financial analysts still occasionally published speculative articles trying to identify the mysterious mastermind behind Z-Corp Capital. Some theorized it was a syndicate of European billionaires; others whispered about an eccentric reclusive tech mogul. None of them ever guessed that the entire multi-billion-dollar apparatus was directed by a single woman operating from a silent, thirty-second-floor office in Chicago.
Zariah found immense amusement in their ignorance. Let them chase ghosts and invent conspiracies. The greatest luxury of modern power was invisibility—operating as an omnipotent force while the world looked everywhere else for someone to blame or praise.
