Vows of Graphite and Guilt
The return journey from Port Newark was executed in absolute, unyielding silence. The storm outside had intensified, throwing sheets of black Atlantic water against the reinforced glass of the Maybach. Inside the cabin, the atmosphere was suffocatingly dense.
Clara sat perfectly still, her wet denim jeans clinging cold against her skin, her hands resting flat on her thighs. Her fingers still tingled with residual adrenaline. She could still hear the sickening crack of Dominic’s wrist, could still see the absolute, clinical detachment in Julian’s eyes as he systematically disassembled his own brother’s coup.