Hai-Xang Hayden? Yeah, I’ve heard the name.
Everyone has. Depending on who you ask, she’s a playgirl, a visionary, or the spark that’s going to light the whole Consortium on fire.
She’s changed recently, since her mother died. Now she moves like someone with nothing left to lose.
Doesn’t talk much. Doesn’t trust easy. But she sees things. Connects the dots before the rest of us even know there’s a pattern.
I watched her walk into a meeting once, unarmed, outnumbered… and she still made everyone in that room nervous.
Not because of what she might do. but because we all knew she’d already made up her mind.
She didn’t start the war.
But she’s not walking away from it, either.
Not any more.