"Grow a spine and start thinking for yourself, maybe even become better… or have me destroy your carefully painted image with one message?"
Obinna's fists clenched. He wanted to bark back. Shout. Threaten. But Nnenna wasn't done.
"And don't think you can stop me," she added with a smirk that didn't quite reach her eyes. "Even if you take away all my gadgets, even if you lock me up in a dungeon or send me off to some forgotten corner of the kingdom, I still have someone."
Her voice dropped to a deadly whisper.
"Someone who's watching. Someone who will come expose you the moment they don't hear from me for more than a week."
That shut him up.
For the first time, Obinna looked… unsure. Not defeated, but definitely shaken. He could no longer bluff his way out with dominance or threats. She wasn't just a pawn anymore. She was a whole new player on the board.
And she had just declared war.
