"You will grant me absolute authority over your protection, or we will stay in this locked room until the entire city burns down outside."
The echoes of Sean's harsh ultimatum still seemed to linger in the cold, subterranean air of the mansion basement security room. Down here, deep beneath the upper spire luxury, the concrete walls were bare, damp, and lit only by the flickering glare of overhead fluorescent tubes.
Gumay stood near the center of the interrogation chamber, his heavy shadow stretching long across the stained floor. He slowly unbuttoned his dark tactical cuffs, rolling his sleeves up with practiced, terrifying precision.
In front of him, bound securely to an industrial steel chair, sat the captured operative who had tried to plant the signal device in the north courtya
