Margot POV
The more I listened, the more the pieces fell into place.
The Hargraves had made a major strategic mistake years ago.
They’d missed several key developments in mining technology and gradually lost their edge in the international market.
Now their stock had taken a beating, their debt had piled up, and the company was nowhere near where it used to be.
But the Hargrave family was hardly broken.
Years of accumulation had left them with valuable mineral reserves, experienced people, technology, equipment, and, most importantly, permits that other companies couldn’t simply buy their way into.
That was what made them worth fighting for.
Because of the Pack Alliance’s restrictions on strategic resources, the Hargraves couldn’t sell the company to a foreign buyer.
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