CHAPTER 7
Leaving Maya, he descended the staircase, following the small hall to the dead end. Pressing his hand against the hallway wall, he exhaled, presenting his card to release the concealed mechanism. Magnets released a false wall like something straight out of an old movie. Fishing in his pocket he removed his wrought-iron key, another testament to his cousin's love of the old black-and-white pictures from beyond the barrier.
The key turned with a satisfying click, a hidden door opening inward to allow him entry into the cafe which occupied the ground floor of this building. The wall had been installed to stop the bedsit tenant doing exactly what he just had, but since the cafe was owned by his cousin, he was privy to all its secrets.
Raiden—since his hands had found their home on
