A crackle of static filled the room, then Mark’s voice, raw and unhinged, screamed through the speakers: "You think you can take everything from me, Blake?! You think you can hide?! I'll find you! I'll tear you apart with my own bare hands!"
Then, silence. Absolute. Chilling.
Elaine stared at the dead screen, her face pale. "Leonard… he’s gone. And he knows who you are."
Mark Kross has been apprehended by unknown forces, Administrator. Last known contact: His personal security detail, now unresponsive. Your identity has been compromised. Your physical location is no longer secure.
A cold, primal fear, one I hadn't felt since the day I was betrayed, clenched my gut. Mark Kross, the broken, irrelevant man, was no longer irrelevant. He was coming for me. And he knew where to find me. The
