The storm had been brewing since dusk.

Thunder rolled across the skyline, low and deliberate, like the city itself was clearing its throat. Inside DN Tech’s glass tower, the world was quiet. Rows of monitors cast a cold blue light across the empty floor, screensavers rippling like restless oceans. Only one office still glowed.

Dann Navarro stood by the window, jacket off, shirt sleeves rolled to the elbows. The city sprawled beneath him—rivers of headlights winding through glass and ...