Chapter 100

"Not yet," Kai muttered under his breath as he entered the station. The fluorescent lights above buzzed faintly, casting a cold glow over the bustling crowd. Kai moved through them like a shadow, unnoticed and unbothered.

He sat down on one of the metal benches, his mind racing.

The child trafficker wasn't working alone, and Apex Grove was a festering wound of corruption. Someone was pulling the strings, someone powerful enough to keep their hands clean while the dirt seeped through the cracks.

Then Kai's focus sharpened. He didn't just want the pawns—he wanted the players, the people who profited from the misery of others and thought they were untouchable.

Then he tapped his fingers against his knee, his thoughts dark and deliberate.

Violence was easy, but violence alone wouldn't get him to the root of it all.