Federalbrief

Chapter 1: The Girl They Pushed Into the Water

Claire Whitmore shoved a twenty-three-year-old intern into a rooftop pool and laughed in front of Chicago's top executives.

"That's where interns belong." Maya climbed out soaked, picked up her phone, and made one call: "Pause the merger." Within seconds, senior executives checked their phones, the CEO went pale, and the entire rooftop fell silent.

Claire thought Maya was bluffing—until her father recognized the last name Reed.

What no one at the party knew was that Maya had spent eleven weeks inside the company pretending to be powerless, and she had already uncovered enough to put a $4.7 billion deal at risk.

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What does Claire do when she realizes who Maya really is?

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