Chapter 6 - VENOM IN THE VEINS
The betrayal came from the last place we expected. Marcus, the scarred head of security, had been feeding the Morettis information in exchange for a seat on the board of a rival shipping conglomerate.
The trap was sprung during a charity gala at Graves Tower. Under the guise of a security lockdown, Marcus isolated Nathaniel and my mother in the penthouse, cutting off communications. I was supposed to be safe in the basement panic room, but I had learned from my father not to wait for rescue. Using the ventilation shafts—a trick I learned surviving the freezing winters on Aldridge Street—I bypassed the locked doors, carrying my father's spare encrypted radio.
