Chapter 16 - Interrogating The Mercenary Who Built The Secret Door

The surviving mercenary was dragged into the basement of the estate warehouse, tied securely to a heavy metal chair.
Valeria walked down the concrete stairs, her heels clicking rhythmically against the floor like a death knell.
She stood before the battered captive, her eyes fixed on him with terrifying, silent intensity.
“Who hired you to target my son?” Valeria asked in a low, dangerous whisper.
“I... I don't know his real name; he only went by the moniker ‘The Broker’ in all our encrypted chats,” the mercenary gasped.
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“Find him before sunrise, or feed this trash to the bay,” Valeria ordered her men before turning away.
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