#Chapter 27: Uncovered

Aria’s POV I sat in my car, staring at the screen of my laptop. The search results were scattered with articles, business profiles, and vague mentions of Liam’s rival, Mason Thornhill. Liam’s warnings about Logan had been a distraction from the bigger threat—a shadow lurking at the edges of his career and, by extension, our lives. It was time to find out exactly who Mason was and what he was hiding. Most of the articles painted Mason as a charismatic entrepreneur, the kind of man who thrived in high-risk ventures and didn’t shy away from controversy. But I knew to dig deeper. The most troubling piece I uncovered was a nearly decade-old case: Mason had faced criminal charges for fraud, though the case never went to trial. Key witnesses had vanished, evidence went missing, and Mason walked away unscathed. But what really caught my attention was a brief mention of an unsolved crime linked to one of Mason’s former businesses. There were no details—just a single, omino