Chapter 21 - A Dark Shadow Watches From A Parked Sedan

Before I could process the international legal notice, the security monitor by the front gate flickered to life.
Parked outside the perimeter stone wall on the quiet suburban road was a black luxury sedan idling silently in the trees.
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Inside the parked car, an anonymous figure watched the lit patio through high-powered night-vision optics.
The local battle was won, but a much darker, global chess game was about to begin at my doorstep.