Chapter 98 That assessment had felt more accurate, more aligned with what Rhys knew about Ravyn. She wasn't law enforcement—everything about her suggested someone who operated outside official channels, who had her own code and motivations that didn't align with standard authority structures. "If she did contribute to Chen's arrest," Rhys had said slowly, "if she somehow facilitated this investigation—that's not necessarily a problem. Chen was facilitating trafficking. He deserved to be arrested. The fact that Ravyn might have helped make that happen—that's justice, not criminality." "Unless her methods were illegal," Orion had pointed out. "Unless she hacked into systems she wasn't authorized to access. Unless she extracted evidence through criminal means. In which case, employing her

