Camellia met with Alia in a soundproof side room after the last session.

Alia looked nervous.

“They’re watching everything.”

“I know,” Camellia said. “That’s why we’re doing this off the books.”

She handed Alia a chip drive.

“What is it?”

“Proof of where the 200 anonymous claims actually came from.”

“And?”

Camellia’s voice dropped.

“They’re not internal whistleblowers.”

“Then who?”

“Ghost accounts traced back to… Hale.”

At 11:45 p.m., Rachel handed Sophie the printed summary of Camellia’s findings.

She read it once.

Then again.

Then whispered, “It was him all along.”

Rachel nodded.

“He wanted to fracture Phoenix from the inside. Keep us tied up in ghost fires so the...