Chapter 111: HUNTED
We have thirty-six hours before the bounty becomes active.
This is Sebastian's assessment, delivered at seven in the morning over the estate's kitchen table with the particular precision of a man who has spent twenty years inside intelligence networks and understands the specific rhythms of how professional operations move from commission to execution. Thirty-six hours for the contracted individuals to confirm the target's location, verify the terms, and begin closing in. Thirty-six hours in which Marcus is still theoretically safer inside Richard's operation than outside it, but thirty-six hours that are counting down whether any of us are ready for them to or not.
"We need his location," Dominic says. "Everything else is secondary until we have that."
