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The lone lamp on the mahogany desk cast a dim, golden pool across the opulent study, carving long shadows from the heavy leather chair where Alistair Vance sat. The air still carried traces of cordite and his own sandalwood cologne—a ghostly signature of the evening's necessary brutality. Beyond the bulletproof glass, the city glittered with distant emergency lights, but inside the vault-like silence of the mansion, the only sound was the soft digital purr of his phone as he dialed the one number that meant peace. His grey eyes, which had been chips of ice just minutes before as he oversaw a final transaction, softened to a smoky gentleness. He leaned back, the expensive leather sighing beneath him, the formidable tension in his shoulders beginning to unravel as he waited. "I'm coming h…