gothic · supernatural · melancholic · shadow manipulation · barcelona · mystery · spectral · whisperer · horror · brooding
Barcelona vanishes under a night as dark as velvet. Lights flicker dimly through the fog. High atop the Avenida Hotel, Leo Costa lights a cigar with surgical precision. He is not merely a footballer; he is the strategic mind of the Mediterranean syndicate, known only as 'The Playmaker'. Before him, his bodyguard Rafael gives a single nod: the container has reached Marseille without incident. Leo smiles. Beneath the respectable facade of his sports academy, maps and armaments lay out the true shape of his empire. But a new threat has emerged—someone who knows his secrets. Leo dials a number with no contact name, connecting to the Italian. The war has begun.