Chapter 30 - THE FINAL WARNING
Victoria was standing alone in her private study on the second floor when all the smart lights simultaneously turned off.
The room plunged into absolute darkness, save for the pale moonlight streaming through the French doors.
She reached calmly into her blazer pocket, wrapping her fingers around the titanium pistol she always carried.
The heavy oak door of her study creaked open slowly, pushed by an unseen hand.
A dark silhouette stepped into the room, holding a small white envelope stamped with a red wax seal.
"Who goes there?" Victoria demanded, leveling her pistol dead center at the intruder's chest.
The figure didn't flinch or raise a weapon, instead placing the white envelope gently onto the edge of her mahogany desk.
"A message from the board across the ocean, Miss Vance," a low, distorted voice whispered from the dark.
May you like
Before Victoria could squeeze the trigger, the figure leaped backward out the open balcony doors into the night air.
She rushed to the balcony, firing three warning shots into the dark gardens, but the intruder had already vanished.
