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Chapter 35- Shards

Author: Jechera
last update Last Updated: 2025-11-12 14:40:37

-TRISTAN-

When the afternoon comes to a brittle close, Detective Argen returns with the new lead: the shell company had a phone number listed—prepaid burner, routed through a series of VOIP accounts. Someone nagged a point into the system and had used a courier service to pick up the chemicals. The forensics hadn’t established prints on the canister that were usable, but they matched a gait profile—tall, left-handed. Left-handed—small, useful detail. The cloak of anonymity thins when the hunter has patience.

I call in a favor—one of the people I never like owing a debt to—and have him pull CCTV in a two-mile radius around the delivery path. We line up times, walk patterns, the moments when deliveries pass and trucks idle. If the attacker rented a van, we’ll see it somewhere. If someone miscoded their route and looped around security a second time, we’ll find it. I dig into every logistical seam. I make calls that are rude and necessary.

The ward fades while I work. My phone becomes a
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