~ Damon ~
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Morning arrived, but it felt like a deception.
The skyline was soft and quiet, bathed in golden light—but none of it mattered. Not with the weight of last night still pressing down on me, a burden I couldn’t shake off.
Someone had slipped in.
Left a note at her door.
Vanished as if they had never been there.
The cameras failed to capture a face.
The security system didn’t register a breach.
And I—despite all my resources—was left with nothing but questions and a gnawing feeling in my gut that I could no longer ignore.
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I stood in my office, phone pressed to my ear, eyes glued to the empty hallway footage on the monitor.
“Nothing?” I asked.
My voice was steady.
It always was when I was at my most dangerous.
The voice on the other end belonged to Rafiq—head of
