Chapter 12

Victory Tower loomed over the city like a monument to corporate vanity. The lower section was a sprawling, bulky mass that housed tiered gardens, private pool balconies, and helipads that buzzed with the coming and going of the elite. As the elevator ascended, the architecture thinned into a sleek, seventy-floor needle of glass and steel. Jake watched the skyline through the transparent walls. The upper floors were reserved for the offices of the powerful, but even this heights felt dwarfed by...