Chapter 12 - Arthur's Warning
That afternoon, Arthur visited the office. Although he was retired and living a peaceful life, his old intelligence network had not entirely vanished. When Emily showed him the name "Blackwood" and VerdeCorp's structure, Arthur's expression darkened.
"Emily, you've woken a hibernating bear," Arthur sighed, leaning both hands on the desk. "Blackwood isn't a company. It's an alias for Victor Thorne."
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Emily froze. Victor Thorne was an underground financial architect, the man who specialized in cleaning up the messes of Manhattan's most ruthless elites. He had vanished right before the Montgomery family trial began.
"He is more dangerous than anyone you have ever faced," Arthur warned. "He doesn't use lawyers to solve his problems. He uses assassins."
