Love Within The Shadows

Shadows o

mind. The warehouse had gone silent after the brief scuffle, but the tension still lingere

to move,"

h, shoving the paper int

d her toward the exit. "I told you, this isn't

arm free. "Then

sharply. "Not here. We don

kstreets. Gad led her through an old industrial district, keeping to the shadows. Finally, they rea

fe house?" she a

locked it. "It's off the grid. No cameras, n

bbing her temples. "Alright, talk. What the he

rogue. He's part of something much bigger. An organization that operates in the shadows, controlling politi

ard. "And you? You

ere. I tried to leave, but no one truly left them. They've been watchi

Monica's spine. "So wha

smart about it. If we go after Langley without the

ning with possibilities. "Then we ne

w you're thinkin

ng furiously on a laptop. Sunlight filtered through th

ng her eyes. "Wha

up. "Langley isn't easy to

es of financial transactions, all linked to shel

that?" s

. "They've been funneling money through it for

es widened.

all one. Whatever he's fun

en we need to get inside. Fin

onight. Hosted by Solace Indu

ck-tie infiltration? Didn't

d. "I clea

s and gold. Monica stepped out of the car, adjusting the sleek black dress s

arp tuxedo, offered

ballroom was filled with Crestwood's elite business moguls, politi

rmured, nodding toward t

ged in conversation with a senator. He was older than she remembered,

he dagger strapped to her th

et closer," s

d. "Follo

champagne to maintain their cover. As they neared L

set. We move in a w

hatever he was planning

ent, his gaze flickered toward Moni

s breat

raised his glass in her di

r wrist. "We n

o process before Gad pul

ide, her phone buzze

yed in the shadows.

pounded. They

e real game