the obsidian proxy
Elias began to notice subtle, yet undeniable, signs of heightened surveillance—the cold, clinical confirmation that he was now operating under suspicion.
One Tuesday morning, driving his corporate rental sedan through a dense, traffic-clogged interchange, he noticed a vehicle that seemed to defy the chaos. A nondescript charcoal-grey sedan, two blocks behind him, maintained a precise, non-reactive distance through three lane changes and two intersections. It wasn't the car itself, but the driver’s posture—rigid, professional, and entirely focused on the geometry of the pursuit. Elias executed a high-speed, controlled lane change into an unexpected, narrow side street—a maneuver that required