The night was thick with tension as Lysander and Kylie approached Maximilian Voss’s estate, a fortress of power nestled in the most exclusive part of the city. It was an opulent place with high gates, lush gardens, and walls that kept the world out, but they had already infiltrated the layers of security. The estate was surrounded by Voss’s loyalists, but they had been silently taken out one by one, no noise, no trace. Tonight, they would end it all. 

Lysander’s pulse thrummed ...