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Meeting in the Fog

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The night had a dangerous aura around it today, like it housed secrets, ones that will vanish before the first streaks of daylight will illuminate the sky.

Alec Steele sat at the backseat of his car, engine idling, parked in the unlit corner of an abandoned freight yard. The air smelled like rusted metal and salt, the sea not far from here.

His phone buzzed once on the seat beside him. It's a single text, no name, just an address and a timestamp. He already knew what it meant even though this one is more of a reminder of why he's sitting there, alone, in the dark.

He didn’t check it again as he didn’t need to to know what it entailed.

The man he was waiting for was already here, driving in as Alec looks ahead of him into the driveway.

Two headlights cut through the night's fog.

A black SUV slowed, then rolled to a stop opposite his car. Alec didn’t move for several seconds, watching for anything suspicious outside.

He breathed loudly as he looked carefully around, his hand resting
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