Trusty007's mind raced, dread sinking deep into his chest as if someone had dropped a stone straight through him. His fingers moved before his thoughts caught up, already dialing a number while his heart pounded harder with every passing second.
One minute earlier…
Ethan stepped out of the VR capsule, the cool air of reality settling over him as fragments of information aligned neatly in his mind. The employee file surfaced instantly, clear and precise. Ethereal's formal employment contracts required real-world addresses, no different from legitimate corporate agreements, and Featherfall Angel's details had been listed there without concealment. She was only an auction house manager, after all, never imagining that the man she had just threatened inside the game was actually her employer.
If she had known who he truly was, her attitude would have changed completely.
