Vanishing Point

Leona stood outside the safe house.

Her eyes swept the streets of the southern district — left, right, every corner reachable under the uneven glow of the streetlights. Narrow alleys between aging buildings. Cracked pavement. Darkness that offered no answers.

No Lenora.

Luc stood two steps behind her — phone in hand, already working from the moment Leona stepped outside three minutes ago.

"I've pu