Chapter 21 - A Mysterious Footstep Echoes In The Penthouse Corridor
Midnight arrived with a heavy, unnatural silence settling over the high-security penthouse suite on the sixtieth floor.
Vincent and Emily were fast asleep when a faint, metallic click echoed softly from the private elevator foyer.
Emily stirred, her eyes snapping open as she noticed the digital security monitor glowing with a red warning light.
She nudged Vincent awake, and the mafia boss reached instantly for the silenced firearm resting beneath his pillow.
They crept silently down the darkened hallway, the moonlight casting long, jagged shadows across the polished marble floor.
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Resting on the velvet welcome mat outside their heavy double doors was a single, blood-stained white rose.
Pinned beneath the stem was a handwritten note in familiar, jagged handwriting that made Vincent’s blood run cold: The game is only just beginning.
