In the choking darkness of the Nameless Grave, the echo of Senator Maxwell Thorne’s confession—“The Architect” revealed at last—clashed against the fury roaring inside Michael Bennett. The battle erupted. Fueled by rage over Reno’s death and the manipulation of Eleanor, Michael launched a brutal assault. But in the middle of the ferocious fight, Rachel Vaughn—whom he had believed to be a victim—moved. Not to help the bound Finn, but to strike Michael with a sudden, cold-eyed ambush.
This was the peak of The Syndicate’s deception—a crisis Michael had to seize to turn the tide. It was his final chance to expose the truth, even if it meant sacrificing everything.
The night at the Nameless Grave was suffocating, the cold cutting straight to the bone. Thorne’s admission that he was The Archit
