ADRIAN The penthouse was a cathedral of cold marble and high-tech surveillance, a place where I usually felt like the architect of a new world. But tonight, it felt like a cage. I was sitting on the edge of the oversized bed, the room illuminated only by the frantic, shifting glow of the Shanghai skyline and the steady pulse of the tablet in my hand. I was watching the red dot. It had been stationary at the Wukang house for hours. I had spent that time staring at it, imagining Olivia behind those reinforced walls, wondering if she was touching the ring, if she was thinking of me, or if she was cursing the day she ever met a Dawson. Then, the dot flickered. It began to move, tracing a jagged path through the city toward the Jing'an District. My heart, usually a cold, disciplined engine, skipped a beat. "Where are you going, Olivia?" I whispered to the empty room. The dot stopped. *The Vault.* A club known for its anonymity,
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