The days following their confrontation at the docks felt surreal. After years of living in the shadow of the Syndicate, Lysander and his team were finally seeing the fruits of their labor. The city, which had once been a battleground, was slowly beginning to heal. The remnants of the Syndicate faction had been wiped out, and with Marco’s capture, they had gained critical intelligence on the final pieces of the organization that still clung to the past.

But despite the progress, ...