Chapter 83

Nora lounged on her plush couch, her phone pressed to her ear as she chatted with the person on the other end. Her voice was animated, her words tumbling out in a lively rhythm as she laughed and gestured with her free hand. 

  The soft glow of the lamp beside her cast a warm light on her face, illuminating her bright smile and sparkling eyes.

  "Listen to me carefully, because I'm only going to say this once," Nora's voice was low and husky, her words dripping with an underlying menace.

   "I don't want a rushed job, I want precision, I want perfection. Do it silently, without a trace, without a hint of error. Because if you make even the slightest mistake...if you slip up even once...you'll be the one who'll be left regretting it."

  Her tone was measured, each word enunciated with a deliberate slowness, as if to emphasize the gravity of her warning. The air seemed to vibrate with tension as if the very fate of the world hung in the b