Matilda and Nico left the opera house in silence, the weight of the night settling around them like a cloak. As they stepped into the black car waiting at the curb, Matilda finally spoke.
“Get me everything we have on that shipment,” she ordered.
Nico nodded. “I’ll have our people dig into it. But you know this is a setup, right?”
Matilda smirked. “Of course it is.” She glanced at him. “That doesn’t mean I won’t take the bait.”
Nico exhaled, shaking his head as he pulled out his phone. “Then we better make sure we take the whole damn hook with us.”
The car sped off, disappearing into the neon-lit streets.
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Word spread fast. By the next morning, the underworld was already buzzing about the shipment. Silas and Martina were making their move.
They had men at the docks.……
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