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“It’s never enough And there’s always another disaster waiting in the wings, it seee “Have you attended the seminar here before?”

“This isforward to it”

“I o,” Loren said “I wasn’t aware she was so well connected”

“Quite so Her husband’s environood use around the world, and she has been an integral part of the success And she works tirelessly to prorapevine she even lobbied for my nomination to the World Bank, yet I barely know her”

“Did you know her husband?”

“I’o He was apparently quite a brilliant man” Brown looked across the room, then held a hand in front of her mouth “He was also a notorious womanizer Rumors are, he was about to divorce Evanna to marry his Colombian mistress just before he died”

“Is that why rinned

Brown nodded, then rubbed her teht show It’sme dizzy”

“I feel the sane”

Unknown to the guests, the flickering colored lights were more than just ambiance Special bulbs eenta, frequencies known to have a calht fixtures, aerosol jets dispersed a finechamomile, patchouli, and lavender oils that added to the effect

The psychological inducelasses offered to each guest were laced with trace amounts of ned to create an altered state in the guests, estibility It was the groundwork for so mass hypnosis

The lights dih the hall The woe and Evanna McKee strode into its beam She wore a tailored white linen business suit accented by a heavy gold necklace and earrings With her hair pulled back into a bun, and a perfect application of low, she appeared equal parts CEO and aged beauty queen

The crowd erupted in a fury of applause

“Ladies, friends, leaders of the world,” she said, “I welcoain in the cause of sisterhood and the fight for a new global order I stand before you with the pro change to the world, a world in which wohtful place at the forefront of power”

She spoke with the confident, authoritative voice of a practiced politician And as with a charismatic politician at a rally, the crowd cheered her every phrase