chapter twenty three
Chapter Twenty-Three: Kade’s Retaliation The night air was heavy with tension. Elizabeth Marlowe sat in the war room, her fingers tracing the lines connecting Kade’s network on the wall. Every safe house, every shell company, every operative—they were all part of a carefully constructed web. But tonight, she knew, Roman Kade would respond. “He’s not going to sit still,” Moreno said, leaning over a tablet showing live surveillance feeds. “He’s too smart for that. Expect something big.” Elizabeth didn’t respond immediately. She studied the screens, tracing patterns in the network’s activity. Then she spoke, low and precise. “We’ve destabilized him. He knows he can’t act openly. He’ll retaliate subtly, with misdirection and threats. That’s his strength—he manipulates fear.” --- Hours lat
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