He spent hours digging through old online maritime logs, cross-referencing shipping manifests and inspection reports. Patterns emerged. Harrington Maritime’s records contained glaring discrepancies—duplicate entries, wrong tonnage numbers, and missing crates. Rowan’s suspicion deepened with every inconsistent page he uncovered.
One detail stood out. The Harrington Trident’s final voyage included several crates labeled “restricted archives,” listed without explanation. Rowan wondered what kind of archives a shipping company would risk lives to conceal. The classification felt far from ordinary, hinting at something heavier than simple bookkeeping mistakes.