She raised her hand and rapped on the door.

Just as her hand neared the door, she overheard the conversation within.

The words she heard cast a shadow over her face.

“I received orders from the superiors," the director told Coralie. "We are not allowed to divulge our research results to the people of Azmar. We only agreed to let you attend the seminar because the biggest shareholder is from Azmar. We can't do much about it, but the research belongs to us, and the findings shall be kept within Faymoor. Besides, if we tell them the information they want, we won't have any leverage left."

Coralie said nothing, but she knew that it wasn't as simple as the director was making it sound. There was more to the situation that they weren't letting on.