The Hyena's Requiem

My name is Halina Voroń, and I'm a professional vulture. I circle the dying reputations of the rich and powerful, picking them clean for a price. My latest target is Damyan Borowicz, the prodigal son of the Vektran industrial empire, a man whose arrogance is matched only by his scandals. I was hired by his greatest rival to ensure his public execution was swift and brutal. But standing at his brother's funeral, watching Damyan become the prime suspect in a murder he insists he didn't commit, I see something beyond the headlines: a cornered man being systematically dismantled by an unseen enemy. Now, trapped in his gilded cage as his last line of defense, the lines between my mission and my conscience blur. His touch is a betrayal to my client; his trust is a weapon I never intended to wield. The closer we get to the truth, the more I realize the real enemy isn't the man I was paid to ruin, but someone far closer to him, someone who has been pulling the strings all along. Can I save him from the gallows without sacrificing my own carefully constructed life?