Chapter 21 - A Chilling Final Warning Left In The Study
Late at night, after the media frenzy had finally quieted down, Arthur sat alone in his private study reviewing case files.
Little Lily was fast asleep upstairs in her canopy bed, safe and protected within the heavily guarded estate walls.
Arthur stood up to stretch his legs, walking over to the large mahogany desk to tidy up his scattered documents.
Resting squarely in the center of the leather desk blotter was a small, unfamiliar black envelope sealed with red wax.
Frowning deeply, he picked it up, knowing that no unauthorized person could have bypassed the biometric security perimeter.
He broke the crimson wax seal, pulling out a single sheet of heavy parchment paper written in elegant, old-fashioned ink.
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Scrawled across the page was a chilling message that made his elite military instincts flare up instantly:
“You dismantled the branch, Arthur... but you have no idea who planted the roots of the Vance syndicate.”
