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Chapter 97: Nathaniel’s Justification
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2026-01-11 01:27:59Nathaniel Crosswell did not sleep.
He sat in the glass walled study long after midnight, Aurelia spread beneath him in quiet grids of light. Ports. Roads. Towers. Infrastructure he had shaped with decisions made in rooms like this one. Control had always calmed him. Order was the closest thing he had to rest.
Tonight, it failed.
The f
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