Chapter 190: Mystery man

The room was dark except for the faint amber glow spilling from a single lamp in the corner. Smoke curled lazily into the air, thick and perfumed with tobacco, coiling around the silhouette of the man seated in the high-backed leather chair.

He leaned into the shadows, a figure more sensed than seen, as though even the light was reluctant to touch him.

Across from him, Vaughn stood with the rigid