Chapter 109
Kaeleen's POV
My home office, usually a sanctuary of calm control, had become the heart of a raging storm. For three days, sleep had been a stranger. My world had shrunk to the cold glow of multiple monitors, the incessant ringing of encrypted phones, and the bitter taste of coffee that had long since gone cold. The silence I had once lamented in my corporate office felt like a distant, impossible luxury. Now, the silence was a monster, because silence meant we were missing something. Silence meant someone else could be dying.
The first blow had landed two nights ago. A call from Silas, my ghost in the machine. His voice was as dispassionate as ever, which only made his words more chilling.
"The hit on Sarah Miller was funded through a series of shell corporations that trace back to a holding company owned by the person you suspect, Leon. The money trail is clean, but the digital signature is his. It's him. No question."
