Calloway's deadline hangs over the next few days like a held breath. Talia pushes everyone to move faster, tighter, more coordinated, and somewhere in that pressure, Renn decides speed means acting without waiting for the rest of us.
I find out too late, the way these things always seem to happen.
"He went to Sterling Cove's regional office," Talia says, phone already in hand, voice tight with barely controlled alarm. "Told Mira he was just dropping off paperwork for an unrelated case. Instead he's been gone three hours, and he's not answering calls."
"Why would he go there alone? He knows the protocol."
"He probably thought this was low-risk enough to skip it. Regional office, daytime, public building." Talia's already grabbing her coat. "Except Sterling Cove's exactly the firm connec
