I took a deep breath, calming myself for a moment before facing the reality that the enemy we were dealing with had leveled up again, escalating from market warfare to state-level conspiracy, and now—most likely—an internal family conspiracy.
"Forget about Lady North for a moment," I said, making a drastic decision. "We have to go back to Thorne. Thorne is the Archon we know. I need to find Thorne's trail that connects him directly to this 'gatekeeper.' If this Archon controls the 'true legacy,' and Thorne is after my mother's research, then Thorne must know who this Archon is."
Agent D nodded, his blind loyalty taking over again. "Fine. We focus on Thorne. We'll analyze all the data we got from Bali—especially the flash drive left by his representative."
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Two weeks later, we were i
