City of Pawns

R doesn't dream-she executes. As a first-class Retriever in a city that survives on drugs and the illusion of order, her job is simple: follow protocol, secure convictions, keep chaos outside the walls. But a detainee's last words, crack the armor she's worn her whole career.

When R crosses paths with another enforcer, duty begins to blur into doubt. Leads pull R beyond her comfort zone into a world that still breathes without permission, and to a locked room where a single act of mercy set...