Divorced by Dawn, Queen by Dusk — Book Two: The Blood Crown
Chapter Eight: Damian's Asset
The USB drive appeared on Damian's desk on a Tuesday.
He had been at Wilder Dynamics for ten days by then, settling into the rhythm of a role that asked nothing of him except precision and reliability, both of which he had in abundance and had been applying with the focused energy of a man who had discovered that doing a small thing well was considerably more grounding than doing a large thing carelessly. His team leader had given him a commendation in the weekly report. He had not told anyone this.
He arrived at his desk at eight-fifteen and found it there — a standard USB drive, unmarked, sitting in the center of the keyboard where he would not miss it. No note. No envelope. His desk was in an o
