Return of the Sovereign

The winter morning sky over Manhattan was the color of polished steel, reflecting off the glistening glass spires of Wall Street. When the Gulfstream G650ER touched down at JFK and taxied to the private terminal, a motorcade of four armored Cadillac Escalades flanked by New York City police motorcycle outriders was waiting on the apron. The city had changed dramatically in the weeks Avery Delacroix and Alexander Sterling had spent…