Enemy With Tomorrow

"That everyone wants to know whether you are a fraud, but your enemies keep behaving exactly like the risks you warned about." By noon, Atlas Protocol was public. By two, two customers returned. By four, Wexler's office requested language for draft legislation. By six, Sloane's misread repositioning had cost Horizon Gate hundreds of millions when the panic reversed. At 8:30 p.m., Ethan found Priya alone in the office kitchen, shoes off, hair loosened, staring at vending machine pretzels as if they had insulted her. "You told Nora," she said. "Yes." "Will you tell me?" He met her eyes. Priya was not asking because she needed romance, forgiveness, or confession.