SIR
“But if we keep it, we keep the war alive. We leave the door open for another Adrian, another Carver, or another ghost looking for vengeance.”
“This book,” David says lifting the ledger up in both hands, “represents an entire world most of you never should have had to know existed. It ends here.”
With that, he walks to the iron brazier, where a small fire is already burning, and lowers the book directly into the center of the flames.
The thick leather resists the heat for a few seconds, the edges curling inward as dark smoke rises toward the open sky. Then the dry paper catches.
Decades of blackmail, illegal shipping routes, hidden bank accounts, and corporate secrets turn into bright orange
Hot Chapters