Chapter 139

Freya The executive floor was eerily quiet when I stepped off the elevator. Timothy's office door was closed,but light spilled from beneath it. At least one competent person was still working. When I reached what had been my office—the command center from which I'd run Stone Lake's operations for eight years—I found it stripped bare. Not even my plants remained. A clear message: I had been erased. Artemis growled inside me,bristling at the insult. I soothed her with a promise. *We're not staying. This changes nothing.* I continued to Jasper's office,pausing at the threshold in absolute shock. The formerly elegant space,with its tasteful gray walls and masculine furniture,had been transformed into something from a teenage girl's fantasy. Bright Pink and mint green paint assaulted my eyes,gauzy curtains hung at the windows,and a vase of artificial flowers dominated his desk. The laughter bubbled up before I could stop it—deep,genuine laughter that bent me double. This was Mia's doing,cle