File: Malion_ivory_p_i.002.rar ... Instant

The notification sat on Detective Malion Ivory’s screen like a digital ghost: File: Malion_Ivory_P_I.002.rar .

The hunter had officially become the lead character in someone else’s case. 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 . The notification sat on Detective Malion Ivory’s screen

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. File: Malion_Ivory_P_I.002.rar ...