Three weeks.The High Council's final ruling was three weeks from the preliminary finding. The formal proceedings against the named operators were in process. Ren was in council custody. Veda's cooperation agreement was being formalized. The faction's operational structure was documented, attributed, and irrevocably in the record.Three weeks and it would be over.The investigation's conclusion had been visible from the river path and from the breakfast table and from the courtyard in the evening light — visible, close, arriving.Then Marcus found the gap."Castor Lyne has not been located," he said.It was morning. The administrative office. The specific working configuration that had become familiar over weeks — Marcus at his station, Damien across the desk, Cora with the second chair pulled to the side where she had been working since the facility had its configuration back."The preliminary ruling named him," Marcus continued. "The council enforcement team was dispatched to the bo
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