chapter 21

Elijah Smith...

I listened to the marketing team's leader present the new marketing ideas without actually understanding what he was saying.

My presence might be heavy in the room but my mind was elsewhere.

I was constantly thinking about the recent conversations I've had with Dante and Cane.

Harvey, Dante's close guard, reported that the Vipers were moving in to the city quickly than we had expected, and their advances have been quite bold.

A few days ago, I got an angry call from Dante and he told me that the new toys we were bringing in were hijacked by our rivals and not a single weapon made it in to our hands.

This has happened a long time ago. But during that time, we were tricked by someone within our circle as our transported goods were widely known by many.

But now, only a number of people know about the exact date the shipments would come in. Only Dante, Harvey, Cane and myself knew about the exact date. The rest of the group would know once the good have arrived, wh