I feel like I'm standing at the edge of something I can't come back from.
And when I fall, it's going to destroy me.
21
KEIRA
Isit at my desk in the office, laptop open, my fingers flying across the keyboard.
The nameSkyjester LLCis burned into my brain.
I've been digging for two hours, and I still don't know any more than when I started.
I've tried everything: basic search, public records, tax IDs, even a reverse lookup. Nothing helpful or solid.
Just a standard business registry filing out of Delaware and a string of vague filings and redirect pages. Whoever set this up didn't want to be found.
Which only makes me want it more.
I've tried every search engine I can think of, and it's getting me nowhere.
I lean back in my chair, rubbing my temples, frustration simmering beneath my skin.
"Come on," I mutter. "Give me something."
I pull up the Trust's donor database next, cross-referencing the name with every invoice, every grant, every line item I can find.
Nothing.
I switch to the financial invoices Helen mentioned, scanning through hundreds of pages of archived documents, looking for anything that mentionsSkyjester.
My eyes start to blur after twenty minutes, but I don't stop.
Then I find it. Tucked into the appendix of a grant proposal from six months ago, a line item buried so deep it's almost invisible.
Fiscal Sponsor:Skyjester LLC.
My pulse quickens.
I click on the file, scanning the document. It's a partnership agreement, vague as hell, but there's a second name listed underneathSkyjester.
Raven Holdings.
I write it down, then type the new name into the search bar.
Another dead end at first.
But then I find a contract, a small one, barely worth notice, betweenRaven Holdingsand a nonprofit I've never heard of.
And underneath that, another name.
Blackthorn Enterprises.
I keep digging.
Blackthornleads to another shell company, and that one leads to another. It's a goddamn maze, each company linked to the next like a chain designed to hide the truth.
I'm so frustrated I want to throw my laptop against the wall, but I stop.
