The wind howled through the skeletal remains of the old port as flames licked the edges of the night sky. Smoke twisted like spirits ascending from purgatory, cloaking the chaos left in the wake of Adrian and Valentina's raid. Bodies littered the docks, the final remnants of the traitorous Santiago faction.
But the true ghost haunting the night was not born from the smoke, it was Cassiel Dain.
Adrian's blood still simmered beneath his skin as he stood at the edge of the scorched platform, eyes fixed on the empty shipping container where the final confrontation had taken place. They’d found evidence....documents, encrypted communications, enough to expose decades of corruption. But Cassiel’s body had not been among the dead.
"She was there," Zora said, coming up beside Valentina. Her hai
