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Chapter 10
The back room of the tailor shop was completely silent.Griffin sat on a small medical table.Kira carefully removed the old medical tape. She applied a strong smelling herbal ointment to his ribs, then wrapped them tightly with fresh, medical grade bandages."The swelling is going down." Kira said quietly. She secured the end of the white bandage. "But your ribs are heavily bruised. If you take another hit to the chest, the bone will snap and puncture your lung. You need absolute rest.""I do not have time to rest." Griffin said. He slowly put on a clean white t-shirt. The simple movement sent a sharp spike of pain through his side. He gritted his teeth and forced his breathing to remain steady."Malakai is bankrupt." Kira pointed out. She crossed her arms. "The bounty on the blind masseur is cancelled because nobody is paying for it. You won. You have hundreds of millions of dollars right now. You can disappear."Griffin reached into his pocket. He pulled out the small plastic case
Chapter 9
Malakai stood perfectly still, his finger resting heavily on the trigger."Take off the jacket." Malakai repeated. His voice was a harsh, deadly whisper. "If I see medical tape, you die right here."Griffin did not reach for his buttons. He did not raise his hands in surrender.Instead, he threw his head back and laughed.It was a deep, arrogant laugh. It was the laugh of a man who held absolute power.Malakai frowned. His hand shook slightly holding the heavy gun. He expected fear. He expected panic. He did not expect the man in front of him to find the situation funny."You think I am your missing masseur?" Griffin asked. He smiled a cold, mocking smile. "You think a billionaire venture capitalist works part time rubbing your tight shoulders in a basement?""My security chief saw you on the cameras." Malakai snapped. "You were typing on an encrypted terminal. You have a data siphon. You are the Oracle.""I am Arthur Cross." Griffin said smoothly. He took a slow step forward. The bar
Chapter 8
Malakai looked up and frowned at the stranger. "Excuse me." Malakai said coldly. He cradled his broken arm in the white sling. "Do I know you?""My name is Arthur Cross." Griffin said smoothly. He held out his right hand. He kept his voice deep and perfectly steady. Malakai hesitated, then shook the hand with his good left hand."I do not recognize the name." Malakai said suspiciously. "And I know everyone with money in this city.""I operate mostly out of London." Griffin smiled politely. "I specialize in distressed assets. I buy beautiful things that have recently caught on fire."Malakai stiffened. His eyes flashed with sudden anger. The mention of the fire was a direct insult about his destroyed casino."Are you mocking me, Mr. Cross?" Malakai asked in a deadly whisper."I am offering you a lifeline." Griffin replied calmly. He took another sip of his champagne. "The entire room knows you are bleeding cash. The casino bombing cost you half a billion dollars in physical assets a
Chapter 7
The safehouse was quiet. The street kids were finally asleep on their old mattresses.Griffin sat on a broken wooden chair in the corner of the room. He held a small roll of medical tape. He tightly wrapped the tape around his bruised chest. He hissed sharply in pain. His ribs were definitely fractured.He put on a clean black t-shirt. He needed time to heal, but time was a luxury he did not possess. Malakai was destroying the city looking for him.Griffin pulled his encrypted terminal from his pocket.He had to strike back immediately. But he could not walk the streets. The bounty on the blind masseur made his current face a walking target. He needed to shed the disguise completely.He reached up to his eyes and carefully pinched the milky white contact lenses. He pulled them out and dropped them into a small glass of water.His real eyes were a striking, piercing dark brown. They looked sharp and incredibly dangerous. He looked like a completely different person.He pulled the small
Chapter 6
The heavy metal doors of the elevator stopped moving.Malakai stood inside the small steel box. He raised his pistol and aimed it directly Griffin’s chest."What are you doing down here in the dark?" Malakai asked softly. His voice was absolutely deadly.Griffin did not flinch. He let his entire body shake violently. He widened his milky white eyes in pure, blind terror."Mr. Malakai?" Griffin cried out loudly. He waved his free hand in the air like a desperate man. "Is that you? Thank god you are here. The fire alarm went off upstairs. People were screaming."Malakai narrowed his eyes. He looked at the unconscious, badly burned guard on the floor. Then he looked at the rescued boy."You expect me to believe you wandered down here by accident?" Malakai sneered. He pulled the hammer of the pistol back with his thumb. "You untied the street rat.""I smelled burning meat sir." Griffin panicked perfectly. His voice cracked with genuine-sounding fear. "The pipe exploded. I tripped over the
Chapter 5
The Apex Country Club was massive. It had three floors of luxury lounges, private dining rooms, and indoor pools. But it also had a sprawling underground basement level used for storage and private security holding cells.Griffin knew the layout of the building perfectly.He tapped his white cane on the marble floor and walked slowly past the main reception desk. He headed toward the restricted service elevator at the back of the hallway."Hey." A loud voice called out.A heavy security guard stepped in front of Griffin. The guard placed a thick hand on his chest."You cannot go down this hallway." The guard said firmly. "This elevator is strictly for executive security. Get back to the laundry room.""I apologize." Griffin said quietly. He made his voice sound confused and completely disoriented. "I..Wait a minute. I think I took a wrong turn near the kitchen. Everything sounds different today."He turned around slowly, tapped his cane against the wall, pretending to search for the c
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