Chapter 44

In the surveillance footage, Conor stopped pretending to be unconscious once the men left. He twitched a few times, and his hands and feet tensed up so much from the stress that the veins were visibly bulging. It seemed he recognized the tattoo. The phoenix was the symbol of that gang. If Conor had dealt with Jed before, he would certainly be familiar with this tattoo. Many people might get a tattoo of a bennu. They were often confused with the phoenix. The former symbolized the power to control light and warmth, while the latter represented the cycle of life and mysterious powers. Jed's gang was involved in organ trafficking. They claimed to control life itself. To me, they were just smugglers who treated humans like animals and disregarded laws and ethics. I felt a heavy sense of frustration as I looked at Conor on the ground. "Proceed to the next step." I aimed to use Conor to find Jed but had no intention of making things easy for him. Anyone who messed with my company'