Aria's POV
"The ship isn't following a normal cruise route," Noah said.
I leaned against the wall. "Keep talking."
"It's moving between several coordinates that don't appear on commercial maritime routes. I've traced encrypted signals originating from the vessel."
Noah's voice dropped. "That ship is one of Silas' mobile bases."
I glanced toward the reinforced corridor and froze. "A mobile base?"
"It is more than that. It's functioning as an intelligence relay. Their encrypted communications are being routed through it."
I looked around. Suddenly, every locked door felt different. Every guard, every camera, every innocent-looking passenger.
This wasn't simply a floating auction house. It was a moving vault.
"How much information are we talking about?"
"I don't know yet."
"That's
