THE SECRET GAME OF LOVE
Dust motes danced lazily in the amber shafts, settling over the scarred pine floorboards, the heavy leather mattress, and the stone hearth where a fresh fire crackled with a steady, comforting warmth.
Outside, the world went about its frantic, indifferent routine. Miles away in the city center, corporate towers pierced the gray clouds, traders shouted across frantic floors, and investigators stared at cold, dead files of missing men who had vanished without a trace. They were searching for a ghost named Lukas Ramirez and an ex-con who had slipped through the cracks of the system. They were looking in boardrooms, airports, and digital databases, looking everywhere except where the truth actua