The brass teeth groaned under the strain. Silas watched in horror as the metal began to bend. If the zipper gave way, the ledger would be exposed, and his reputation—and likely his life—would be over. But the Bag Zip held.

Using the operative's momentary distraction, Silas drove his elbow into the man's ribs. The operative gasped, losing his grip on the bag.

Silas snatched the satchel off the ground, tucked it under his arm like a football, and bolted toward the edge of the docks. Without looking back, he leaped off the pier and plunged into the icy black water of the harbor. 🌅 Safe Delivery

Silas was a professional courier who operated under a strict, self-imposed rule: . For twenty years, he had transported everything from corporate espionage flash drives to rare, blood-stained artifacts across the rain-slicked streets of New City.