The city of Manhattan, glittering beneath the night sky, felt like a fortress of wealth and power, but Cambria now saw it for what it really was: a house of cards waiting to fall. Every move she had made, every plan she had put in place, had led to this moment. But the weight of what lay ahead pressed down on her chest like a vice. She had been building toward this, but the reality of the situation was more overwhelming than she had ever imagined.
The message from Elara had changed everything. There was no time to waste. Whatever was happening, whatever was pulling at the strings of the world's power players, was about to explode. And Cambria knew that if she didn't act quickly, she would be caught in the blast.
