Chapter 21 - A Chilling Threat at Dawn
The grandfather clock in the hallway chimed softly as the first rays of dawn broke over the Parisian skyline outside the window.
Suddenly, Clara’s phone sitting on the mahogany desk pinged with an incoming priority notification from an unknown international exchange.
She picked up the device, her breath catching in her throat as a single high-resolution photograph loaded onto the screen.
It showed her old childhood home in upstate New York completely surrounded by armed mercenaries standing in the snow.
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Beneath the horrifying image, a single typed line of text glowed coldly against the dark background of her mobile display:
“You thought you won in Paris, Dante... but the final piece of Gabriel’s legacy is locked in our vault, and we are coming for your new family tonight...”
