Chapter 4 — A Crack in the Glass

Delilah Kane

The crisp morning light poured through the floor-to-ceiling windows of Delilah’s corner office in Lumina Tower, refracting against the pristine glass tabletops and gleaming surfaces. The skyline stretched before her, a maze of glimmering high-rises that mirrored her own ambition. Today, however, the view felt like a taunt—a fragile veneer of control over a city teeming with hidden threats, its restless energy reflected in the faint hum of the servers embedded deep within the tower.