The safehouse’s walls trembled as a rifle shot shattered the window, glass spraying across the floor where Lena Hart—Eleanor Whitmore—stood frozen, the duffel bag of vault contents (files, recordings, and a USB drive labeled For Ellie) clutched tight. The key to locker 47 and her father’s coded letter, warning of the Consortium—a shadowy network backing Vivian Whitmore—burned in her pocket, her father’s inscription—where the river meets the sea—a fading anchor ...