into the shadows as I waited, shivering in the dimly lit room of the abandoned warehouse. I knew what was coming had known it for weeks: the whispers, the
k suits walked in, their eyes hard and cold. They barely acknowledged
Storm
nds and ice in his veins. He was the man who ruled the underground, feared and revered by anyone with sense
s flicked to me, assessing me as if weighing something. I felt exposed, vulnerable, under his scruti
and smooth, but with an
im nodded. "Yes, Mr. St
possession to be bought and sold. The men murmured around him, discussing terms and details, and I felt my heart sink
unyielding. "She'll work," he said simpl
ng led out of the warehouse, a new maid in the Stormborn mansion. I had no idea what awaited me there-whether i