Rachel Steele Gavin ((full)) ✭

Sometimes, the only way to beat a monster was to become the thing they’d never see coming: a man with nothing left to lose.

“Then I release the emails myself—but edited to show you as the mastermind. You’ll be facing ethics charges, a criminal probe, and a primary challenger by Friday. Your career won’t just end. It’ll be erased.” rachel steele gavin

“I had to,” he replied, hands in his pockets. “You think I wanted to find out you kept a backup of those emails? That you’ve been using them as insurance all along?” Sometimes, the only way to beat a monster

“No,” Rachel said, turning to walk away into the gray morning. “I’m a survivor. There’s a difference.” Your career won’t just end

As her silhouette faded toward the Capitol, Gavin stood alone beneath the marble gaze of Abraham Lincoln. He pulled out his phone, scrolled past the encrypted text he’d sent himself—the one that had started it all—and opened a new message to a reporter he’d sworn he’d never call.

“And if I don’t?”