Chapter 814
- In an instant, the ghostly silence of the house was replaced by the heavy, synchronized thud of boots.
- From behind silk tapestries and the dark corners of the gallery, a phalanx of men in matte-black tactical gear swarmed the exit.
- They moved with predatory efficiency, faces obscured by balaclavas, forming a human wall of carbon fiber and steel that blocked Tedmond and Persis’s path.