Karen’s POV — Present Tense

The elevator rises so smoothly it barely feels like movement, yet my pulse is thundering loud enough to drown the hum of the machinery. Drake Tower stretches above the city like a blade of glass, its interior all steel, silence, and the subtle hum of power.

I’m not supposed to be here.

And that’s exactly why I came.

Dre won’t tell me the truth.

Yasmin only speaks in lies shaped like prophecy.

But Andrew Drake?

He’s the architect of all of it.

So I ...