Chapter 10 - The Pink Rabbit I Had Slept With Since Childhood Contained the Evidence That Could Destroy the Entire Graves EmpireWe found the rabbit inside a box beneath my mother's bed.

It looked ordinary.

Old.

Dirty.

Missing one ear.

I had slept with it since I was little.

Claire held it carefully.

"I'm sorry."

"For what?"

"For making you carry something you didn't understand."

Nathaniel examined the rabbit.

There was a tiny zipper beneath its stomach.

Inside was a memory card.

Daniel stared.

"The ledger."

Nathaniel inserted it into a secure computer.

Files appeared.

Names.

Accounts.

Payments.

Judges.

Police officials.

Politicians.

Shipping routes.

Everything.

But one file was encrypted.

Nathaniel tried to open it.

Nothing.

Daniel studied the screen.

"There's a password."

"How do you know?"

"Because I created it."

"What is it?"

Daniel looked at me.

"Ruby's birthday."

Nathaniel entered the date.

The file opened.

Inside was a video.

Daniel's father appeared on screen.

He looked directly into the camera.

"If you're watching this, then I've lost."

He paused.

"I built Graves Holdings on fear."

Then he revealed the truth.

The Graves empire had been infiltrated by a rival organization.

Blackridge.

Marcus had been working for them.

But the real mastermind wasn't Marcus.

It was a man named Victor Hale.

Nathaniel stared at the screen.

"Victor."

Claire nodded.

"He was your father's lawyer."

Daniel added:

"And the man who ordered the attack on us twelve years ago."

Nathaniel clenched his fists.

The video continued.

"Victor wants the ledger because it contains proof that he controls half the judges in this city."

Then the screen went black.

A final message appeared.

THE PERSON WHO FINDS RUBY WILL CONTROL EVERYTHING.

Nathaniel looked at me.

"No."

He shook his head.

"Nobody controls her."

Claire squeezed my hand.

For the first time, I felt safe.

But then the building alarms began screaming.

Security rushed into the room.

"Sir!"

Nathaniel turned.

"What?"

"Federal agents are downstairs."

Nathaniel frowned.

"How many?"

"Dozens."

Daniel looked at the ledger.

"It's a trap."

Nathaniel understood.

"They planted evidence."

"They're coming for us."

The elevator doors opened.

Federal agents stormed the floor.

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Nathaniel grabbed my hand.

"Run."