Chapter 4 — Into the Web

Lena Carter

The morning light sliced through the city’s maze of glass and steel, casting sharp reflections into Lena’s modest apartment. She stood by her small window, adjusting the lapel of her blazer, her sharp hazel eyes scanning the bustling street below. The scent of freshly brewed coffee lingered in the air, but she hadn’t touched it. Her mind was elsewhere—already in the sterile, clinical halls of Hayes Industries. Her agreement with Evan Hayes felt like a tightrope stretched over a void. One misstep, and everything—her career, her integrity, her father’s memory—would come crashing down.