**Wakes's POV**
The law firm of Whitmore, Sterling & Associates occupied three floors of a Manhattan skyscraper, their conference room windows offering a commanding view of the city that had once bowed to my influence. Now, surrounded by six of the most expensive lawyers money could buy, I felt like a general surveying a battlefield where the enemy had drawn first blood.
"The FBI visited Blake Matthew this morning," Senior Partner Margaret Whitmore informed me, her silver hair perfectly styled despite the early hour. "Our sources suggest they're exploring federal charges against him for the market manipulation and illegal surveillance."
"Good," I said, settling back in the leather chair that probably cost more than most people's monthly salary. "What about the medical privacy violations
