CHAPTER 5 – THE SECOND NAME
Sienna didn’t sleep again.
But this time, it wasn’t confusion.
It was obsession.
The name “Grant Vale” had begun to fracture in her mind—like a mask held together too loosely.
She returned to the archived financial records.
What she found this time was worse than absence.
It was erasure.
The Vale Group hadn’t collapsed.
It had been absorbed.
Not by another company.
But by a structure that didn’t exist in public markets.
A private holding network spanning real estate, logistics, and sovereign funds—none of which listed ownership.
At the bottom of a declassified memo, one line stood out:
“All decision-making authority attributed to a single private controller: V.”
No full name.
Just V.
Sienna leaned back slowly.
That was when her phone lit up.
Unknown number.
A message:
“Stop digging. You’re not ready for the second version of him.”
Her breath tightened.
She didn’t reply.
But for the first time, she felt it—
May you like
Grant wasn’t hiding money.
He was hiding identity.
