In the days following Evelyn's ominous revelations about Judith expanding her web of depravities, an icy pall of dread seemed to envelop the entire estate. Our once-tenuous partnership with Sienna took on a febrile sense of urgency, every conversation and strategy session now haunted by the specter of that mystery operative code-named "Billings."
"I've scrubbed every scrap of intelligence I illicitly acquired a dozen times over," Sienna fretted, raking her hands distractedly through her raven tresses. "There's no overt connection, no records or money trails indicating Judith has directly contracted this 'Billings' as any specialized enforcer to neutralize threats."
"And yet these encoded communications make it abundantly clear she's put out feelers to some external entity for purposes of
