CALEB

“No. And he’s fucking us up. We've been laying low, thinking things had finally calmed down. The authorities were backing off for a while, but he’s stirring it all up again. More shipments are getting intercepted. We’re losing money.”

“Because of one guy?” I asked, surprised.

“He’s not just one guy anymore. He’s a problem we can’t see. People are flipping—more traitors, more leaks. I don’t even know who to trust.”

A chill slid down my spine. This was the kind of rot that destroyed empires from the inside out. “Your father must be losing it.”

“He is,” Silas replied. “That’s part of why I moved Maya back to...