Chapter 21 - A Sinister Black Envelope At Gate
Late that night, long after the estate had fallen into absolute silence and the security floodlights illuminated the gated entrance, a soft metallic scrape echoed from the driveway.
Daniel walked down the long stone pathway toward the grand wrought-iron security gates of his property to investigate a motion sensor alert.
Resting on the stone pillar right beneath the intercom box 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.
He 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 his blood run instantly cold:
“Nora was merely a disposable pawn in a much larger corporate syndicate, Daniel... the true financial masters who engineered your rise and fall are now calling in their long-overdue debt. We own your empire, and we are coming to collect.”
