Shadows Behind The Veil.

g through her emails. Her cousin Mei hummed in the kitchen, preparing dinner. Mei was

onight," Mei called out

eplied, but her m

ia frowned-it was late for visitors. She approache

was

oat pockets, his expression unreadable. Jia hesitated before

voice laced with annoyanc

e asked, his tone

tly. "Five minutes. And if you're h

fore focusing on her. "The people who are watching you...they're from a rival synd

I'm a lawyer, not an investigator

t what you do, and they fear people who can

e come to offer me protection i

for nothing. I don't play by their rules, Jia. And I won't le

name made her pause. It wasn't jus

eamed as the window shattered, glass scattering across the floor.

motion, he drew a concealed firearm, aiming it at th

g sound of the gunshot reverberated through the apartmen

dable. "Pack your things," he sai

fear, anger, and confusion. "I

meanor slipping for the first time. "You step outsi

rm, trembling. "Jia,

hated feeling powerless, but the reality was undeniable. For now, she would have