Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Final Hunt The city had gone quiet, but Elizabeth Marlowe’s mind was anything but. Roman Kade had been weakened, cornered by financial strikes, arrests, and the mounting legal case, but he was still dangerous. Dangerous, cunning, and desperate. And desperate predators were the deadliest. Elizabeth studied the intelligence feeds in the war room, her eyes scanning for patterns, movements, and inconsistencies in Kade’s network. Moreno hovered nearby, tense. “He’s moving again,” Moreno said, pointing to a live drone feed over the industrial district. “Looks like he’s relocating some of his operatives—and possibly preparing to flee.” Elizabeth’s jaw tightened. “Then we go tonight. No hesitation. No room for mistakes.” --- The strike team assembled, every member t

