Unprofessional Conduct: The Storme Shield
"Roderick, you still have it. The book. It’s the key to the encryption, isn't it?"
Roderick reached into his jacket, his fingers brushing the spine of the ledger. He had kept it out of a lingering, desperate sense of duty, a vestige of the man he used to be. Now, seeing the data on Tessa’s tablet, he understood the true value of the object. "It’s not just a key," he said, pulling it out and showing it to her. "It’s a ledger of every 'asset' they’ve processed in the last decade. It contains the names of the victims, the dates of their disappearances, and the signatures of the handlers who authorized the hit."
Tessa’s breath hitched. She reached out, her fingers trembling as she brushed the co