By Thursday night, the pristine, white analytical ring of the Singapore regional headquarters had dissolved into a sea of deep neon shadows. The ambient overhead lights had automatically adjusted to the late-hour shift, projecting a soft, sapphire glow against the curved glass walls of the Marina Bay Financial Centre. Outside, the city was a brilliant, electric grid of skyscrapers reflecting off the dark water of the bay, but inside Hana Wijaya’s perimeter, the only reality that mattered was the steady, unblinking glare of her dual monitor screens.
Hana sat with her spine pressed rigid against her chair, her fingers resting flat on her desk. Her navy blue blazer was unbuttoned, revealing the sharp lines of her silk blouse, and her glasses reflected the complex algorithms running on her di
