Chapter 21 - Baldric Watches The Shadows Beyond The Penthouse Windows
Midnight cast long, menacing shadows across the glittering skyline of Manhattan visible from the high-rise penthouse windows.
A sleek black luxury sedan sat idling on the street far below, its headlights completely extinguished in the freezing mist.
Inside the tinted vehicle, an anonymous figure watched the illuminated penthouse through high-powered infrared binoculars.
A gloved hand tapped a secure smartphone screen, transmitting encrypted GPS coordinates across the Atlantic Ocean to Zurich.
The local domestic tyrants had been eradicated, but a much larger, global conspiracy was testing the iron gates of his empire.
Baldric stood by the floor-to-ceiling glass, holding his encrypted satellite communicator while watching the whispering winter night.
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He knew the real war for his legacy was only just beginning, and he would not yield an inch of ground.
The retired mechanic had returned to the shadows, ready to unleash a storm that no foreign syndicate could ever survive.
