Mattew spoke calmly into the phone, keeping his tone steady. “I will look into it. If there is anything important, I will find it.”
“Alright. Just be careful,” Magnus replied before the call ended.
Mattew lowered the phone and tossed it onto the bed. He ran a hand down his face, trying to clear his thoughts, but the image remained sharp in his mind.
Madam Vale.
The owner of the burger company where he worked. The same woman who always carried herself with grace, who greeted people with polite smiles, who appeared to run a clean and honest business.
And now, she was connected to something as dark as human trafficking.
Mattew let out a slow breath and shook his head. The room suddenly felt too tight, too quiet. He needed air.
He stepped out of his room, closing the door behind him, on
