Chapter 53: The Dragon's Fury

The air in the penthouse suite was unnaturally still, a pocket of silence in the heart of a city that never slept. Luciano Griffith stood before the floor-to-ceiling window, his reflection a stark, unmoving silhouette against the sprawling lights of Khester. The fury that had ignited within him was not a raging inferno, but the heart of a dying star—cold, dense, and possessed of a gravity that could tear worlds apart. He raised his phone. His thumb moved with deliberate calm, selecting a name...