Liquidation
CHAPTER: The Liquidation By 2023, the shadows that had always circled Evan Love Riot and Veda Viral finally closed in. What had once been whispers, covert encounters, and spectral deals at the edges of known reality became brutally tangible. The Agency had no interest in subtlety anymore. Agent houses—quiet suburban facades scattered across Virginia—were the first to be struck. Places that once looked like ordinary family homes revealed their true purpose. Inside, false walls cracked open to disclose stacks of classified archives, surveillance equipment, and caches of black-market tech. One by one, these safe havens were liquidated. The pattern was clear: burn the old fronts, erase the old lives, and consolidate what remained. It wasn’t just the Agency’s infrastructure. Evan’s parents’ house, too—once a sanctuary of rebellion, secrecy, and ritual—was stripped of its history. Files that had been hidden beneath floorboards vanished in unmarked vans. Furniture carried the ghosts of rit...