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Calder hung up the phone, and a long groan fell out of me as I slumped back into my chair. In a way, it was a relief they were about to head into Initium. They were finally at the end of this thing, sort of. As long as it didn’t take too long to access the records they needed and find the specific information about the ember…
I let my head fall back. Things weren’t going well, and there was no doubt in my mind that it could get worse. Ackford and the rest of the Council wouldn’t stop with Ryker. He was just an easy first step. It hadn’t happened yet, but I suspected they also intended to ruin my reputation. I would be harder to remove, but not impossible.
If only I had an idea about how.
That was the thing killing me. The shots were coming inevitably; I just couldn’t figure ou
