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She was listening, her eyes darting toward Daniel as he gave a slight, respectful nod.
"Then there is Silas," I continued, my breath hitching. "The Butcher. The Ghost of Berlin. He is our Mafia Lord. He runs the underground, the illegal world that the public never sees. Every shipment of contraband, every enforced debt, every life that needs to be snuffed out to protect our interests—that is Silas. He is the blood in the gutters that keeps our towers standing."
I watched her eyes widen slightly, but she didn't flinch. I knew she knew Silas was dangerous. She took more of me, her throat opening up to accommodate my length. She was absorbing the violence of our reality without breaking her rhy
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