Demonic Pornstar System novel Chapter 250

Chapter 250: Floodgates

Talia found the situation significantly less amusing.

Even Tessa froze in place, not knowing what to say.

"Absolutely not!" Talia hissed.

"Twenty percent of Runewoven is worth hundreds of millions of dollars, and we’re only just getting started! Even I only own twenty-eight percent. The rest is split between the board, our top executives, and senior stakeholders."

"What you’re asking for is outrageous."

For a moment, silence reigned supreme again.

Then came a silky chuckle.

"Is it, Miss Talia?" Nyx leaned back in her seat with a gorgeous foxlike smile. "You might’ve been an up-and-coming guild with a promising future, but you’re slipping. You don’t have a foundation anymore."

Her voice was sweet and musical, unlike her sly eyes.

"You sent twenty of your most promising rookies into that last dungeon. Only Diaz made it out. It was a monumental failure as far as the association is concerned. Your guild wasted the lives of nineteen promising youths because of poor decision-making or perhaps a lack of training. And now, you’ll outright fail to clear this next attempt. Even with the generous grace period the Association gave you."

Talia flinched.

Luna, grinning from ear to ear, took over smoothly. She sent her friend a gaze of joy, beyond happy to see her friend back in action. Comparing the current Nyx to the one that was in a coma for a week in the hospital made the Storm Valkyrie’s heart flutter.

Her voice, when it came, was warm, almost teasing, as if the boardroom tension was her favorite new sport.

"Maybe you won’t be forced to disband. Maybe you won’t be forced into a merger with a guild that actually knows how to manage their awakened."

Her eyes sparkled with mischief. "But..."

Aria’s legs crossed over one another with otherworldly feminine grace.

"Will the Awakened Association let you continue operating like this? Will they let you rebuild, which can only be done by poaching even more newbies from the others, only to possibly fail for a third time straight?"

She turned toward Kaiden, her expression softening with affection as she gave him the floor.

"We don’t believe so. You’ll have Association agents crawling through every branch of your operations. Oversight, audits, and mandatory personnel placements. No more privacy. No more control. Every move is scrutinized. At least a portion of your guild will become government property."

Then, he tilted his head as his eyes locked with Talia’s.

"So... why not give us a silent twenty percent?"

Nyx let out a satisfied sigh.

"No interference. No boardroom games. We won’t even participate in meetings."

"In fact," Aria purred, "we’ll even help you keep your seat when the sharks come swimming."

Luna leaned on the table now, eyes gleaming.

"Because they will come. Chances are, they’re already plotting behind your back. I imagine you’re not very popular among your colleagues anymore, are you, Miss Talia? I bet they’re thinking that a crafter like you should remain in the smithy and let the proper managers call the shots."

"..."

Silence.

Contrary to what they expected, Talia didn’t argue.

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