The desert station's generator hummed with a rhythm that had become the soundtrack of their survival.
Axel stood at the map table, his eyes tracing the lines that represented the Ascendancy's operations. Vale had provided them with a breakthrough—a piece of intelligence that could change everything. The Ascendancy's leader was not hiding in a remote facility. He was hiding in plain sight, in the heart of the city.
"He's been operating from a building in the financial district," Vale said, pointing to a location on the map. "It's a shell company, but it's the center of his operations. He's been there the whole time."
Axel's eyes narrowed. "The financial district? That's where we started."
"The Ascendancy's leader is smarter than we gave him credit for. He knew we'd look for him in the m
