A PRICE FOR MIDNIGHT SUCCESS

Previously

…He was being watched, hunted by an organization he knew almost nothing about, led by a man named Silas Vance. The cryptic note was no longer just a mystery; it was a declaration of war. He looked at the locket in his hand, its tarnished surface reflecting the harsh city lights. Protection or a beacon? He didn't know. But one thing was certain: his midnight endeavors had entangled him in a conspiracy that threatened to consume him, and the price for this unexpected success was yet to be fully revealed. The city, once merely his means of survival, had become a battleground, and Elias, the reluctant warrior, was just beginning to understand the depth of the shadows he had dared to explore.