MINE TO OWN
The auction house stank of blood money, ego and desperation.
It dripped from the gold ceilings, soaked into the velvet curtains, and pooled between the cracks of polished marble tiles.
It was the kind of opulence that could only be paid for in blood.
Andrei Dostoevsky leaned back in his chair, disinterested, but at ease. He lit a cigarette. His movements were slow and precise — a predator in no hurry to hunt. The ember flared against the darkness, momentarily painting his sculpted face in shades of crimson and gold.
Bab Populer