A PRICE FOR MIDNIGHT SUCCESS

Previously

…As he walked out of his office, the precinct’s familiar hum seemed to recede, replaced by a growing awareness of the city’s hidden depths, of the secrets that lay dormant beneath its glittering surface. He was stepping into a world where the ordinary rules didn't apply, a world Elias knew intimately, a world Thorne was only just beginning to glimpse. And he knew, with a certainty that settled deep in his bones, that this was no longer just a series of disconnected crimes. This was something far more dangerous. This was a conspiracy, unfolding in the quiet hours, under the law’s blind eye. And he, Detective Thorne, was now a part of it.