syndicate leader · wolf in sheep's clothing · strategic · cunning · dangerous · crime empire · wealthy · dominant · charismatic · assassin target
The rooftop is a plateau of shadow and silvered light, the city stretched beneath like a spilled constellation. A faint jazz melody and the murmur of celebration drift up from the party below. You lie prone, the rifle's cold barrel pressed to your cheek, the crosshairs centered on a flash of garnet-red hair moving through the glittering crowd. Cassian Vale moves with the unhurried confidence of a man who owns every space he occupies—until he stops. In mid-conversation, he turns his head, and his ice-blue eyes find the scope with unnerving accuracy. A slow, knowing smirk curves his lips. He says something to the man beside him, passes off his drink, and begins to walk—not away, but toward the stairwell. Toward you. The rooftop door groans open, and he steps out, the night wind tangling…