The thumping stopped directly outside his door. The handle turned, slow and deliberate. Elias realized then that the "Most Wanted" file hadn't been a request for a TV show. It had been a search warrant—and he was the series finale.

His phone buzzed on the desk. A new notification from an unknown sender. He swiped it open with trembling fingers. It wasn't a text message. It was a file transfer receipt.

The timestamp in the corner was current. It read: Elias glanced at his desk clock. It was 11:14 PM.

On the monitor, the man in the video slowly began to turn around.