As the realization hit him—that his entire career had been a staged performance for an unknown audience—his monitors flickered. A third file began to download automatically: Malion_Ivory_P_I.003.rar .
Ivory stood, his hand drifting to the holster beneath his coat. He walked to the wall and tapped the plaster. It sounded hollow. He used a heavy letter opener to pry away a strip of molding, revealing a silver-cased recording device that had clearly been there for years. File: Malion_Ivory_P_I.002.rar ...
Should we continue with in the next file, or As the realization hit him—that his entire career