Chapter 14 The Veil Unraveled

• The aftermath of their confrontation with Elijah Blackwood left a lingering tension in the air as Jack Harper, Maria, and Isabella returned to New York City. The mansion raid had yielded valuable intelligence, yet Jack remained troubled by the revelation of a deeper network manipulating events from the shadows.
• Back at the precinct, Jack poured over the artifacts and documents recovered from Blackwood's mansion. Each item held a piece of the puzzle—a thread that, when pulled, unraveled a web of conspiracy stretching across continents and centuries. Isabella's expertise proved indispensable as they deciphered encrypted messages and decoded ancient scripts that hinted at a grand design orchestrated by an elusive figure known only as "The Architect."
• Days turned into weeks as they pieced together fragments of information—tracing financial transactions, tracking shipments of arcane artifacts, and unearthing connections between seemingly disparate events. The cabal's influence was pervasive, its reach extending into the highest echelons of society and government.