[POV: Sofia Lanka]

"Where are they, Alistair? I am not going to ask you again, and if you lie to me one more time, I will ensure that the Monroe name is scrubbed from every digital ledger on this planet before the sun sets. I have the keys to the kingdom now, and I will burn the gates down with you inside if that’s what it takes to find my husband."

Sofia stood in the center of the command hub, her voice vibrating with a terrifying, low-frequency rage. She wasn't the grieving widow or the shell-shocked mother anymore; she was the CEO of a shadow empire, and the golden light...