Chapter 1874 Gathering Storms

• Night settled over the city in a wash of indigo when Casimir arrived at Finnegan's temporary residence to deliver his report.
• "Mr. Larkin, the Maconne Group has pulled its people inward. They're guarding core assets and appear to have abandoned their scattered side ventures for the moment."
• Having just finished dinner, Finnegan patted his comfortably full stomach. "Makes sense. Better to fortify the big prizes than let us pick them off piecemeal. Maconne has a working brain, after all." He leaned forward. "Other than tightening their defenses, any new moves?"