Chapter Two: Whom Does a Secret Own?

The steel door dropped. The workers stepped back as if expecting it. The true weapon was the cabinet: it toppled toward Lin, tons of weight ripping up the floor. He shoved Xu away and rolled. A corner stripped the cloth from his back. His hand landed on a fallen engagement letter, and another vision erupted. Su Rui sat in this room and signed her voting shares into trust. She was not abducted. Lu gave her two escape plans. She chose one and left her wedding ring on the table. Then Lu turned toward mirrored glass. Behind it stood an observer wearing a silver cuff link shaped like a scale without markings. Lu did not emerge after them.