CHAPTER 56 — THE LOCK THAT BREATHES.
At 07:04, Milan breathed as if the steam from the espresso machine were incense. Piero set down the tray, mirror, and sugar in their usual spot, and on the polished metal appeared two crumbs that weren’t bread: a translucent card with a frosted edge —in one corner, faintly, the embossed letters A·C ...
Chapters
1. CHAPTER 1: THREATENED NOTES.
2. CHAPTER 2: LIES WITH A HINT OF COFFEE.
3. CHAPTER 3: A FILE CALLED HELL.
4. CHAPTER 4 – THE KEY AND THE ECHO OF SILENCE.
5. CHAPTER 5 – SHADOWS WITH PERFUME.
6. CHAPTER 6 – TOASTS UNDER THE CROSSHAIRS.
7. CHAPTER 7 – THE PORT OF LIES.
8. CHAPTER 8 – FILES TO DIE FOR.
9. CHAPTER 9 – FALSE MOVE.
10. CHAPTER 10 – ALL IN THE SAME ROOM.
11. CHAPTER 11 – THE ARMED INTRUDER.
12. CHAPTER 12 – BLIND RUN.
13. CHAPTER 13 – AFTER THE SHOT.
14. CHAPTER 14 – THE POISONED OFFER.
15. CHAPTER 15 – KEY TO THE SHADOW.
16. CHAPTER 16 – UNDER RED LIGHT.
17. CHAPTER 17 – THE ALLEY’S GAME.
18. CHAPTER 18 – THE FORBIDDEN MOVE.
19. CHAPTER 19 – BETWEEN SHADOWS AND ESCAPES.
20. CHAPTER 20 – SHADOWS AMONG WITNESSES.
21. CHAPTER 21 – FIVE FALSE STEPS.
22. CHAPTER 22 – FIVE PAIRS OF EYES.
23. CHAPTER 23 – THE ORDER NO ONE EXPECTED.
24. CHAPTER 24 – AGAINST THE CLOCK.
25. CHAPTER 25 – RED-THREAD RESCUE.
26. CHAPTER 26 – TWO FINGERS FROM THE ABYSS.
27. CHAPTER 27 – LINE OF FIRE
28. CHAPTER 28 – THE WOLF’S COURTESY.
29. CHAPTER 29 — FRIENDLY FIRE.
30. CHAPTER 30 — WINDOWS AND KNIVES.
31. CHAPTER 31 — BREATHING WINDOWS.
32. CHAPTER 32 — UNFORGIVING BRIDGES.
33. CHAPTER 33 — QUESTIONS IN RED.
34. CHAPTER 34 — HOW TO SIGN WITHOUT SIGNING.
35. CHAPTER 35 — SEVEN, UNDATED.
36. CHAPTER 36 — THE PRICE OF “HOW I LIVE”.
37. CHAPTER 37 — SIGN HERE (WITHOUT SEEING ME).
38. CHAPTER 38 — BORROWED DATES.
39. CHAPTER 39 — POISONED KEYS.
40. CHAPTER 40 — THE DATE ON THE WALL.
41. CHAPTER 41 — THE HAND THAT ERASES.
42. CHAPTER 42 — THE KEY THAT DOESN’T TOUCH.
43. CHAPTER 43 — THE RECEIPT FOR THE VOID.
44. CHAPTER 44 — WATERMARK.
45. CHAPTER 45 — L–12 AT MIDNIGHT.
46. CHAPTER 46 — CHAIN WITHOUT HANDS.
47. CHAPTER 47 — THE DATE THAT BITES.
48. CHAPTER 48 — WRITING IT INTO EXISTENCE.
49. CHAPTER 49 — THE NAME I DON’T SAY.
50. CHAPTER 50 — BITING THE DATE.
51. CHAPTER 51 — A CHAIN THAT WALKS.
52. CHAPTER 52 — WHO KEEPS VIGIL, WHO COLLECTS.
53. CHAPTER 53 — WHO AUTHORIZES THE AMOUNT.
54. CHAPTER 54 — THE LOGBOOK THAT DOESN’T EXIST.
55. CHAPTER 55 — THE KEY THAT COLLECTS.
56. CHAPTER 56 — THE LOCK THAT BREATHES.
57. CHAPTER 57 — THE DOOR THAT DOESN’T SPEAK.
58. CHAPTER 58 — WHO HOLDS THE LOCK.
59. CHAPTER 59 — THE LOCK ABOVE.
60. CHAPTER 60 — BORROWED LOCK.
61. CHAPTER 61 — WHO BLESSES WITHOUT A MOUTH.
62. CHAPTER 62 — THE VOICE DOES NOT IGNITE.
63. CHAPTER 63 — THE PRICE OF THE SIGNATURE.
64. CHAPTER 64 — WHO AUTHORIZES THE CHARGE.
65. CHAPTER 65 — WHO DECIDES MAINTENANCE.
66. CHAPTER 66 — URGENCY WITHOUT A TEMPLE.
67. CHAPTER 67 — APPROPRIATIONS DESK.
68. CHAPTER 68 — WHO ACCOUNTS FOR THE EXPENSE.
69. CHAPTER 69 — WHO DECIDES TO PAY.
70. CHAPTER 70 — WHO CUTS THE ROOF.
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