Manhattan traffic. A privacy screen hummed as it rose,
ur of buildings, the anonymous faces on the sidewalk-anything but the man sitting be
his long legs stretched out, and simply watched her. He was studying h
had dropped into that defensive stance. It wasn't the clums
and familiar compani
age to Marcus. `Run a full spectrum analysis on Isolde Navarro. Highes
residential streets in the city and stopped be
an was already out, standing on t
irectly into a sprawling penthouse. The space was vast, minimalist, and cold, decorated in stark shad
it onto a severe-looking black leather
ay, and a heavy door clicke
e floor-to-ceiling windows were thick, likely bulletproof. The front door had
r, the smoke curling around him as he sto
puter chimed. Marcus
ords would show: Isolde Navarro, daughter of Arthur Navarro. A history of severe PTSD following a traumatic event four y
match the woman with the fighter's refle
ew across the keyboard, bypassing firewalls and slicing through layers of digital security
ide the system
his screens. `ACCESS DENIED. FILE SEALED BY [
clearance. That was a ghost level, reserved for the deepe
ystem responded instantly. `ATTEMPTED BREACH LO
ard, vanished. Wiped clean, not just deleted. It was a d
that signature. That ruthlessly effi
Ro
worked for him six years ago. The one who had completed every mission flawlessly, and then vanished a
htray, not even registering the heat
n't just some clever gold-digger
d by a surge of something far more dangerous: a predatory, exhilar
system, and stood up. He smoothed the front of his
e study door an
s standing by the front door, examining the i
what his new wife
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