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CHAPTER 111: Ploy
Author: Jejewiyyah
last update2025-08-18 15:00:57

The city was too polished, too well-lit, too aware of itself to offer shadows thick enough for people like him. The rain fell in a steady mist that blurred the electric brilliance turning luxury storefronts into shimmering ghosts.

For days now, Mercer and his small team had tracked Erich Voss, the discreet Swiss banker the Browns believed held the thread leading to the BlackFog Collective. But Mercer, seasoned as he was, could feel something sour in the pursuit. Voss wasn’t hiding. He was performing.

Every day began the same a usual routine. The banker at a cafe, sipping black coffee, reading the magazine as though the world was ending. Every day he boarded the same train on the east line, briefcase in hand, heading toward the financial district where polished towers mirrored the sky. Every day he paused just long enough to peer into reflective glass, not at himself but at what might be behind him.

Mercer knew that look. It wasn’t nervousness,it was control.

“East tramline again,” Ce
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