Chapter 33
The Shape of the Fall
Silas and Rossi, having lost the evidence to the journalist's arrest, receive a cryptic message from Marcus Chen, who reveals the Stewards' next move and offers a dangerous gambit involving a dead drop. They retrieve a new cache of evidence, but Rossi is wounded in the escape. The chapter ends with Silas carrying Rossi through the woods, uncertain if she will survive, as a helicopter search closes in.
The words on the phone screen blurred, then sharpened, then blurred again. Silas stared at Patricia Okonkwo’s message, the blood in his veins turning to ice.
"They know about the journalist. She's been arrested. The evidence is gone."
Rossi’s face had gone pale, the color draining as if the words themselves had bled the life from her. "No. We can't be. We can't be too late."
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