ALF LEFT HIS OFFICE in the basement of a non-descript brick building near the warehouse district. His agency was not one that the public knew about. It was kept secret so they’d have more flexibility in their work, which involved working with Homeland Security as well as the FBI to monitor and manage terrorists and domestic threats. As such, Alf had a wide array of latitude in getting information on individual Americans and those whose presence in the country might lead to a security incident.
Which was why he was frustrated by the lack of information on the missing chemist from Ohio. The only report he’d found on the man had been heavily redacted and missing a conclusion as to the man’s whereabouts. In fact the report had parroted local law enforcement and news reports that his was the b
