Chapter 21 - A Sinister Warning Left On The Front Porch Step
Later that evening, after putting Eli safely to sleep in his nursery, Domenico walked down to the front entrance.
He unlocked the heavy oak door to check the evening mail delivered by the local postal carrier.
Resting on the wooden welcome mat was a plain black envelope sealed with an unfamiliar crimson wax stamp.
There was no return address or postage mark, only a chilling symbol carved directly into the hardened wax.
Domenico picked it up with a gloved hand, locked the deadbolt securely, and sliced open the seal with a pocket knife.
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Inside lay a single photograph of little Eli playing in the garden earlier that afternoon, alongside a handwritten note:
“You locked up our puppets... but the true master of the syndicate has just arrived in your city.”
