Chapter 29: The Private Investigator
POV: Eryx Voltaire
Marcus Cole arrived at my office at ten o'clock the next morning.
He did not look like the kind of detectives we mostly watch on TV, he looked more like someone's grandfather who had seen too much of the world and had stopped being surprised by any of it. He wore a cool, charcoal-grey suit that allowed him to blend seamlessly anywhere. His grey hair was cut short and he moved quietly like a man who had experienced dangerous situations and always came out unscathed.
I had used his services twice before. Once for a corporate espionage matter, another time to investigate a business partner who had become a liability. Both times, Marcus had delivered results with ruthless efficiency. He was expensive but very thorough and he did not j
