Cassian felt the cold bronze key in his palm as he stared at the Northern Madam's message. A double trap. A trap set by his own father to protect something vital from the enemy's reach.
He had to act fast. Lianna was still asleep in the hotel room rented by the Matriarch, protected by a security unit installed by Agent D. For now, she was safe.
Cassian slipped out of the Valerian Group before dawn, leaving Agent D to handle the office logistics that now placed him as the Chief Strategic Advisor. He wore the shabbiest clothes he kept in a secret warehouse, sinking back into the invisible mask of the Recorder.
At four in the morning, he arrived at the Ashworth family's main residence. The house was massive, haunted, and held too many dark secrets. Using the bronze key from the Syndicate,
