Chapter 87: The Last Witness

The storm that had shattered lives in the rain-slicked streets of the city now broke in a different arena, one of glass towers and digital ledgers. It came not with thunder, but with the quiet, devastating efficiency of federal warrants and the blinding glare of news cameras. The headquarters of Duffus Corporation, a monument to Joey Duffus’s ego and ambition, became a tomb in the space of a single morning. Kyra Megus watched the news feed on a monitor in her sparsely furnished temporary office,...