Chapter 24

Tariq Mansour stood with his hands loosely at his sides, a thin, knowing smile playing on his lips. Across from him, Yusuf Saleh had frozen. The man known as a ruthless butcher of Al-Safwa's streets, a figure who had carved his reputation out of the blood of his enemies, was visibly trembling. His eyes were wide, fixed on Tariq, and a cold shiver ran down his spine that no one else in the room seemed to notice. Yusuf's breath hitched. The air in the room felt heavy, pressing down on his lungs...