The Steel Beneath the Fraying Collar: A Crimson Account of Restraint and Command Presence
CHAPTER 1: THE WATER IN THE MIRROR The glass of water on the diner table hummed two seconds before the heels struck the linoleum. Samuel didn’t look at the door. He didn’t have to; the silver reflection in the napkin dispenser showed the angle of entry—twenty degrees off-center, fast enough to disturb the heat rising…