~NICO~
This office is soundproofed for a reason.
From the outside, it looks like another VIP balcony. But inside, it’s business.
Five men sit with me.
Alessandro Vitale — senator. Publicly anti-crime. Privately moves legislation that makes borders porous when I need them to be.
Colonel Markus Hale — military procurement. Weapons disappear under his watch and reappear in my warehouses.
Jean-Luc Fournier — humanitarian aid director. His trucks carry medicine on paper and guns in reality.
Oleg Baranov — energy tycoon. Pipelines, ports, laundering.
And Rafael Cruz — shipping magnate. Owns three ports and answers to no flag.
Respectable faces. Clean suits. Rotten hands.
The crowd roars as Cake jogs into the ring. She was masked, and yet she was scanning the crowd. Just a quick sweep
