CHAPTER 101

The static from the ceiling speaker died, but the synthetic voice continued to echo inside my skull, repeating the same impossibly clear syllables over and over again.*THE SEALED POST-CONVICTION APPEAL FOR INMATE HART HAS BEEN REOPENED.*My knees buckled. It was a subtle, involuntary betrayal of my own body, a sudden loss of gravity that caught me completely off guard.Kael’s broad hand moved instantly, his calloused fingers catching my elbow, taking my weight before I could hit the damp concrete floor of Storage Bay 4. He pulled me up smoothly, anchoring me against his side, but he didn't say a word. His storm-gray eyes were locked on the silent loudspeaker overhead, his jaw clenched so tight the muscle twitched rhythmically beneath his scarred skin."An appellate directive," I rasped. My voice sounded thin, frail, completely stripped of its usual analytical precision. "They opened the docket, Kael. The federal judge actually opened the docket."For two long, excruciating years, I h

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CHAPTER 102

The rain had stopped by 0430 hours, leaving the narrow utility catacombs thick with wet sulfur and heavy, stagnant fog.Miller met us near the disused secondary air intake behind B-Block. He didn't carry his nightstick, and his eyes darted nervously down the damp stone tunnel every three seconds."I shouldn't even be giving you this," Miller rasped, lowering his voice until it barely carried over the steady drip of condensation from the ceiling pipes. "The transport detail for Detroit leaves at 0600. But a former IT contractor from your old Chicago firm—a guy named Lawson—just got booked into Sector 1 on a bogus municipal tax charge."I took a sharp step forward, my pulse quickening. "Lawson? He ran the secondary server infrastructure for my department. He was on duty the night the `$14 Million` wire transfer was executed from my terminal.""He knows he isn't surviving his first week in Sector 1," Miller said, handing Kael a heavy iron pass-key. "He's terrified. He told the intake lie

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