EXCEPTION
My eyes, cold and calculating, flicked across the multiple feeds streaming in.
The news I’d just received from Carter and Julian was heavy, a knot tightening in my gut. Easton Moore, Blaine Harrison, and Chris Salvatore were entangled in something far worse than petty crime—they weren’t simply traffickers or profiteers. These men had deep connections, and their ambition wasn’t limited to wealth. It involved terror, blood, and power in the United Vical. The stories that followed haunted me: the abduction of Senator Liam Cole’s daughter, the atrocity at Arsi Bar years ago, and the countless others left broken by their hands. Every detail was etched into my mind, every face a reminder of what I