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Chapter 49

Author: Saskay
last update Last Updated: 2025-06-28 21:19:13

ELIAS

I'd always known there was a mole leaking information.

But today, I finally had a name.

The name of the bastard was Suanche. He was one of the finance clerks on the east side of the company. An innocuous-looking man with a receding hairline, slight limp, eyes too neutral to set alarm bells ringing. But I'd learned many years ago that snakes didn't always hiss before they bit.

They smiled.

I watched him now through the one-way mirror in my office. He was in the other room, pale and shaking, his hands fidgeting at the hem of his shirt as though it might stitch him a new spine.

Cathan stood beside me, arms folded.

I traced it through a burner network," he said. "The bastard's been selling shipment schedules to the Red Dragon cell for weeks. They've been rerouting guns under our noses."

I didn't blink. "How did he get that deep into the books?"

"Charmed a secretary, bribed a floor guard. You know the drill."

I exhaled, my voice low. "Did you lock down the perimeter?"

"No one gets o
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  • The Price Of Us   Chapter 64

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  • The Price Of Us   Chapter 63

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    ELIAS"I swear to God, if you don’t get out of my fucking way—""Elias!" Cathan shouted. "Breathe.""I am breathing," I snapped, pacing the width of my office like a rabid dog in a cage. My phone was down on the desk. I could still hear the sound of the click of the video ending echoing through my head.Louis.Bloody.Bound.Bruised.Just as he was last time. Fuck.And that laugh. That hollow, sick laugh of Aaron that had haunted me since the last time he slipped through my fingers."I'm calling the units," I growled, heading for the vault to arm myself. "We move in thirty."Cathan blocked my path. "You're not thinking.""I'm thinking just fine," I replied."Not like this. You're seeing red—""I should be seeing red!" I bellowed. “Maybe Cathan, when you lose the one person you care for deeply, you can tell me to calm down.”Cathan was silent for a moment but he was still in my way.I pushed him aside. He staggered but kept up with my brisk pace."He sent you that clip to throw you of

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