Chapter 66Leo picked up the page.The paper was thin, the typeface clean, the signature at the bottom unmistakable—Maria’s sharp, slanted hand.Kai stood still beside him. Alessio watched them both with the mild interest of someone who already knew the ending.Leo read.Kai,The boy is becoming difficult. He is soft in ways that will ruin everything I built. Tonight you will make contact. Get close. Stay close. Become the one he leans on. If he starts forming real attachments, make certain you are the attachment. Report every private conversation, every name he trusts, every plan he makes for this “reform” nonsense. When the time comes, you will be the one who opens the door. Do not fail me.— M.Leo set the page down carefully.The warehouse was quiet except for the distant slap of water against the docks.Kai spoke first, voice low and steady. “I took the order. I made contact that night. I stayed. I reported the early things—names, movements, nothing that ever got anyone killed. T
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