Chapter 31: The Shadow of the Sacrificed
Outside, in the limestone-walled hallway, a predator was lurking.
Julian Vance’s eyes narrowed, a sharp, cold glint flashing beneath his sleepy lids. He had heard her—not with his ears, but through the psychic residue of her proximity. Vivienne, the woman known as The Artist. She had stayed behind the curtains during the meeting, a ghost watching the theater of her own making.
She was the leak within the 'Canvas' cell, the one who had turned the once-impenetrable sabotage unit into a graveyard. Julian realized with a start that she had to be silenced. She was an elite who knew too much; her very existence was a ticking clock for every operative in Paris.
Inside the conference room, Arthur de Molay wasn’t finished with his sermon.
"Have you all
