"Even stars collapse in silence; only those who watch closely hear the moment they break."
SILAS'S POV
The weight of the silver box was nothing compared to the anchor of dread in my gut. I held the box, a standard-issue container for classified, non-digital data, not because it contained documents, but because my hands needed something to hold steady. Inside it, sealed with my own blood print, was the only document that mattered: Dr. Kael's final, classified diagnostic report.
