Chapter 43

• Two men, dressed head to toe in black, moved swiftly after parking their car at the edge of Lot 3. Both were tall and imposing, their steps deliberate. Their destination was clear—a large orphanage well-known in the district, home to dozens of children. Lot 3 was a peaceful area, with a tight-knit community that always looked out for one another. The orphanage was run in partnership with the local government and overseen directly by Metro’s central authorities.
• Maeverick Osmond was infamous for his ruthlessness—especially when it came to eliminating rivals in the drug trade—but he still had a sliver of humanity left in him. Numerous orphanages across the South Metro operated under Osmond’s protection.
• Yet despite scouring every orphanage database under his network, the name Galaksi Haidar had never turned up.