But as the witnesses watched Ambrose Ward stride down the sterile, fluorescent-lit corridor, the initial shock faded, replaced by a collective sense of resignation. In the high-stakes world of the Joint Investigation Task Force, logic often took a backseat to the sheer force of personality. If anyone else had pulled off a maneuver this brazen, there would have been whispers of procedural overreach or frantic calls to the Provincial Committee.
But this was Ambrose Ward.
Since the Joint Investigation Task Force had descended upon Fairhaven County, setting up their headquarters in this nondescript hotel, the staff and the investigated alike had learned one immutable truth: there was no wall high enough and no secret deep enough to stop him. In the eyes of his subordinates, he wasn't just a
