The data drive felt heavier than it should.
I sat in my office, staring at the small device on my desk. The complete equation. The key to everything Julian had been hiding. The thing that had destroyed so many lives. The thing that was supposed to save the world.
"Leon." Samir's voice came from the doorway. "We need to talk."
I looked up. He was standing there, his face pale, his eyes hollow. He'd been working nonstop for days, analyzing the data from the drive.
"What did you find?"
He walked over and sat down across from me. "The equation. It's not what we thought it was."
"What do you mean?"
He pulled out a tablet and showed me the screen. "The equation isn't just a prediction tool. It's a map. A map of something. Something hidden."
I stared at the screen. The data was complex, e
