Selena always thought she had the game under control, but that morning she overheard Nolan commenting in a muffled conversation in the hallway that John had gotten a new backup AHD, and something inside her broke as quickly as her heart raced in her chest.

The sound came first as a distant, almost harmless murmur, but the phrase — “John is already watching everything in the security room” — sent a cold wave down her spine, as if the ground had given way beneath her ...