SIR
“Right now. He’s a smart man and it won’t take him long to cross-reference your face with the asset reports.”
Carver casually walks over to the small plastic bin near the door, pulling a silver cigarette case from his pocket. He taps a cigarette against the metal, looking entirely unbothered by the near-miss. “David Reid is an aging dinosaur grasping at the embers of an empire that is already turning to ash. Let him look.”
He leans down, his face inches from Eli’s, his breath smelling faintly of peppermint and expensive scotch.
“Don’t forget who holds your leash, Arden,” he whispers.
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