While Kale’s terminal pinged in the dusty basement of River Road, the origin of that digital intrusion sat miles away, wrapped in luxury and silence.High above the city noise, inside a sleek, glass-walled penthouse overlooking the glittering Kilimani skyline, Silas "Si" Vance leaned back in his leather ergonomic chair.
The cool, blue light of a triple-monitor setup reflected in his sharp, intensely handsome features.To the rest of East Africa, Silas was a ghost. A reclusive tech billionaire and a ruthless real estate mogul who controlled vast swaths of the city's digital and physical infrastructure. But inside his empty penthouse, he was just a man running from his past.Silas picked up a framed photograph from his desk. It showed him and his younger brother, Leo, smiling on a beach in Mombasa five years ago.
That was the last photo ever taken of Leo.A few weeks later, Leo had vanished into the Nairobi night...