Chapter 21 - A Mysterious Black Envelope Appears At Her Front Door
Late that night, long after the apartment building had fallen into absolute silence and the hallway lights flickered, a soft metallic scrape echoed outside.
Chloe walked cautiously down her carpeted entryway and opened her front door to inspect the wooden welcome mat.
Resting right in the center of the mat was a plain black envelope sealed securely with a heavy blob of crimson wax.
There was no return address or postal mark, only an unfamiliar geometric silver crest stamped intricately into the wax.
She picked it up with a gloved hand, sliced open the heavy seal with a small letter opener, and unfolded the crisp cardstock note inside.
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Scrawled across the paper in sharp, elegant silver ink was a chilling message that made her breath catch in her throat:
“You destroyed a low-level pawn, Chloe... but the syndicate that placed him in power owns this city. Your little crusade has only just begun to attract the wrong kind of attention.”
