Chapter 101

The clock on Beatrix's office wall ticked past eleven. Most of Mercer Industries had emptied hours ago, but Beatrix couldn't rest, not with Octavia's revelations about Malachi Langdon still echoing in her mind.

A soft knock pulled her from her thoughts.

"Come in," she called.

Linnea Wei, the Valkyrie Grid's chief engineer, entered clutching a stack of rolled blueprints. Her normally ne