"She can't take your call right now," Colby said, his voice tense.

Odie shot up from the couch in the hotel suite. "What do you mean by that?"

"Sophie's been taken by Griffin."

"Griffin?" Odie's face darkened like a storm cloud.

Colby didn't bother explaining further. He ended the call, jumped into his car, and sped off to Griffin's old place. Inside the suite, Jonah walked in, holding a glass. "Boss, should we go with French or Chinese for dinner?"

Odie, still frowning deeply, replied, "Sophie's been captured by Griffin."

Jonah was taken aback. "Why on earth would Griffin take Sophie?"

long, frustrated breath. "I told her not to mess with Reeves International, but she wouldn't listen.

of man Griffin was an emotionless killing machine. Sophie taking on Elodie was a recipe for disaster, and now she was paying the price. "Get the car ready and have our people search the city. We need to find

shadows. It's tricky here. If Colby's men catch wind of our involvement, all our years of covert operations would go down the drain..." "Have I been

known

expected it

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provoke-why Griffin? Anyone gelse,

might not be

at night, the outskirts of Devonport

eyes to pitch darkness. Her memory was hazy, but she recalled Griffin knocking her

to fight back. Now, the blood on her forehead had

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