Alaric swallowed hard as his throat went dry, yet he still forced himself to respond under the pressure in the room.
“No problem,” he said stiffly while lowering his head in submission. “I will arrange everything immediately.”
Christopher looked at him for a brief moment as though weighing his usefulness, and then he turned away without offering any further comment because, in his mind, the matter had already been settled completely.
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Two hours later.
Inside a quiet high-rise office that overlooked the entire city, Victor Kane stood near the glass window with several investigation files held tightly in his hand, while the afternoon sunlight spread across the papers and cast long shadows over a single name written at the top.
Christopher.
Victor slowly closed his eyes as his expre
