Under the Sign of Danger
Each step was cautious, every sound amplified in the stillness of night.
Their contacts had pointed them toward an upscale club on the city’s edge—an unlikely place for such dealings, but the perfect cover.
Inside the club, the bass pulsed through the walls, the crowd lost in music and smoke. Elena and Luca scanned the room, eyes sharp, senses alert.
There, near the bar, a man in a tailored suit exchanged a thick envelope with a courier.
“Elena,” Luca whispered. “That’s him.”
Moving swiftly but carefully, they closed the distance, watching as The Broker vanished into a back room.
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