Three months of financial chaos, cold betrayal, and covert underwater warfare had passed since I left Vilnius. I had secured the Backup Key from Arthur deep beneath Valerian (following a fierce firefight that nearly cost Agent D his life), and we had launched a counterattack that devastated the Northern Faction in the North Sea. Now, as dawn broke over New York, global chaos subsided, leaving behind market devastation and the fragile structure of the Syndicate.
I was no longer a ghost. I was the new Mr. North, purged of Elara's shadow and the Northern threat. But I still had to face the hardest part: Lianna.
I ordered Ben to secure all remaining Syndicate assets, discreetly integrating them into Valerian's structure to prepare the foundation for a new, hidden global power.
"We can't kee
