File: Malion_ivory_p_i.002.rar — ...

He unzipped the archive. Inside wasn't a ransom note or a client’s plea. It was a map of his own office, rendered in blueprints he hadn’t seen since the building was constructed twenty years ago. Red dots pulsed at specific intervals behind the drywall of his north wall.

The second file in the .rar was a text document. It contained only one sentence: “You weren’t the only one watching, Malion.” File: Malion_Ivory_P_I.002.rar ...

As the realization hit him—that his entire career had been a staged performance for an unknown audience—his monitors flickered. A third file began to download automatically: Malion_Ivory_P_I.003.rar . He unzipped the archive