CHAPTER 20
December 24, 2019 – 07:48 EST
WORLD END: T-minus 78 Days, 3 Hour, 12 Minutes
George Bush Center for Intelligence, Langley, Virginia
The morning was a cold, grey blade pressed against the throat of Virginia. Mist clung to the pines surrounding the complex, and the air held the wet, metallic scent of coming snow. The sprawling, brutalist geometry of the CIA headquarters was not lit for beauty. It was lit for clarity. For surveillance. For the cold absorption of secr