Chapter 126 - CHAPTER 126 – LATE NIGHT STRATEGY

The last department lights shut down one floor at a time until Blackridge Tower became quieter than it had any right to be. The silence never truly settled inside the building. It only became more precise. Screens glowed in isolated pockets. Air systems hummed behind walls. Somewhere in the distance elevators continued moving for people who worked too late or trusted nobody enough to leave important decisions for morning. The building had its own heartbeat after midnight. Slower than during the day. More careful. Less human.