The cold, unforgiving glare of the city lights illuminated the sleek, minimalist office through floor-to-ceiling panoramic windows. Adrian stood perfectly still beside the glass, his broad silhouette cast against the sprawling metropolis below. His dark gaze remained fixed on the moving veins of traffic, but his mind was elsewhere, calculating variables that could mean life or death. Hours had passed since he issued the absolute command to his intelligence sector to investigate the Kane syndicate's infrastructure. Yet, nothing useful had surfaced. Not a single verified residential address. Not a single current GPS location. Not even a recent, unredacted satellite photograph. It was as if the entire Kane family had simply dissolved into thin air. A sharp, rhythmic knock echoed through th

