THE BILLIONAIRE’S DEBT
I hit the stone floor, my vision white, my heart stopping for a fraction of a second before the Medusa code forced a brutal, artificial restart.
HANDSHAKE ACCEPTED: PHYSICAL OVERRIDE INITIATED.
I sat up, gasping for air, my vision slowly clearing. The box was open. Inside, resting on a bed of velvet, was a heavy, leather-bound ledger. It looked ordinary, but as I looked at it, the grey light in my eyes translated the faded ink into a series of complex, geometric patterns.
It wasn't just a book of crimes. It was a cipher.
"The math," I whispered, reaching for the book with shaking hands. "It’s all here. The original algorithms for the city’s infrastructure. The backdoors. The kill-switche