C12 Shadow Debt

Lucian

That single circled payment—E.C.—had clawed its way under my skin like a parasite. By the time the sun finally came up, the jolt of adrenaline had soured into a cold dread sitting behind my ribs. I kept replaying the image of the ledger on my mother’s desk: the six-figure payment, too big to be recorded, too old to explain, and too private to be innocent.

It wasn't for Pack budgeting