CHAPTER 12
Author: Arex Carceri
last update2026-04-21 06:46:12

The Dancing Coin's back room had become Marco's unofficial headquarters over the past three days. Maps covered the walls, ledgers stacked on every surface, and the smell of old parchment mixed with Fiora's cheap cigars. The merchant girl sat across from him now, her green eyes sharp despite the late hour.

"They're watching you," she said, sliding a folded paper across the desk. "Santoro Family spies. Three of them. One poses as a beggar near your estate's south gate. Another works as a cook's a
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