Chapter 4

I shoved my way through the heavy glass doors of the Wayne Foundation’s subsidized apartment complex, carrying the agonizing toll of Adrian’s choice to poison this town to save his political career. He had secretly wired his family's curse into the public plumbing, forcing innocent tenants to absorb his misfortune, and now I was going to tear his illegal network apart. Gripping the cracked gold wedding ring on my left hand, I channeled my magic not to cover for his betrayal, but to force the truth of his actions into the light.

The building had already been plunged into darkness,…