The Golden Crown hotel gleamed with chandeliers that scattered fragments of light across the polished marble floor. Tonight was the annual end-of-year banquet of the Torres family and they had picked this hotel for the event. It was mostly filled with business partners, employees and acquaintances of the Torres Group.

When Isabelle arrived with Gregory and Ryan, it was already crowded with guests and the usher quickly led them in through a side door. They wouldn’t have caught the ...