Chapter twenty-Five {Present Day} In ripple effect to their last session in the staging area, every head on the task-force converged around the counter-top touchscreen right at the heart of the room. Every one of them had been busy with their share of the workload in the past few days. And now it seemed appropriate to discharge their duties here and now. “As per our last discussion, I did ruffle some feathers and have some interesting outcomes.” Wycliffe began glibly. “I had a tete-a-tete with one of the high-ranking officials at the Analytical Unit, and in his words, he claimed the subject was over his pay-grade and also added that the classification of the case was sanctioned by the top brass in the Agency. But being me, I dug deeper and found the case was red-taped due to issues su

