Chapter 17: The Dead Man's Fingerprints
Nobody spoke after Victor said it. Even the room seemed to fall silent around us, the weight of those four impossible words settling over every piece of furniture, every face, every unanswered question.
I looked from Victor to Adrian, waiting for someone to explain how a dead man could leave fresh fingerprints. "Where was the body found?" Adrian asked, his voice steady.
"Floating in the river outside Blackwood," Victor said.
Something flickered across Adrian's face at the mention of Blackwood, so quickly I might have imagined it, but it was gone before anyone else could notice.
"Secure the scene," he said. "Contact the forensic team directly, not through the local department. No media, no leaks. Nobody leaves that riverbank without my authorizat
