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In the dim light of the early hours of dawn, the glowing red tip of a lit cigar burned bright. Nikolai stood in a black trench coat in the driveway of his new apartment... the mutt had walked right into the snare.
Luis Caddel’s call that morning hadn’t been surprising, he had expected it even. Although it was a tad sooner than he had predicted, he didn’t mind, he preferred it this way as a matter of fact.
The High Council’s dog had arranged a meeting downtown, proposing a one-on-one meetup. Nikolai wasn’t dumb enough to fall for that, but he had played along until then, this was nothing.
He got in his car, his phone left behind in the apartment, a demand Luis Caddel had made. It didn’t matter if he held his phone or not because he had already made preparations weeks before.
Nikolai’s eyes were like two drops of ink as he sped down the street. The least upsetting thing about the past week was the damage that had been wreaked on his turf, Angelo’s absence had hit harder than anything else.
The roads were empty that morning, so he got to the location in half the time, burning down the speedometer.
The shabby, rundown apartment was empty, there was nothing special about it, and the brief scout he did around the perimeter showed no one, just as Luis Caddel had promised. The dog was really overconfident, it made Nikolai wary.
He stood in front of the termite-eaten front door, his dark eyes clouded as he studied the house that didn’t look like it had been lived in for several years, trying to figure out why Caddel had chosen this as their meeting spot.
The sun was rising behind him as he walked in, gaze sharp despite his languid gait.