hogany desk, the glow of three monitors illuminating his face in th
t of a German biotech firm. It was a brutal deal, the kind that left people jobless
s secure terminal from hi
vidence points to market manip
, his expression unchanged. It was dynamite. Enough to bl
t the SEC. Make it look like an accident.
ned the family's internal mail server. He monitored his mother's inbox. It was a co
he subject line: Alistair
l from the snow. The one who had lo
should have. But he click
he found a highly structured, analytical breakdown of the Civil War. She had linked military strategy
twice. It w
n a defiant line. He had called her a high schooler. He had dismissed her. But
murmured, stari
zed. It was K
Dalton a
"Zane's party in the Hamptons just started. Get on a chopper an
m b
ourself. Come on. Zane got a shipment of that
The pressure in his skull was building. He needed a drink. He needed to
Dalton said. "I'll b
toring plan stayed in his head. He stood up and changed ou
nder it, and the sound of gunfire from a video game echoed faintly. He didn't go in. He just stood th
car that would take him to the helipad. He left the snow and the
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