Gordon casually reached for the badge on the table, and with a swift motion, a sharp metallic click echoed as he expertly extracted a tiny chip from its depths. "This badge holds the secrets of The Silent Shadows," he announced. "This chip is the proof of your membership. You lost it five years ago, but my team has managed to find it. Isn't this chip enough to show you're part of The Silent Shadows?"
"You knew?" Kiran's voice carried a trace of caution.
If he'd thought Gordon was just putting on a show before, now he had to rethink his assessment of the man standing before him. Could Gordon really have tracked down the badge lost five years ago on that treacherous mountain road?
If true, then Gordon was indeed formidable. Finding a badge in the vastness of a mountain is like finding a needle in a haystack, yet he had succeeded. The whispers about Gordon in Devonport were clearly not exaggerated. Gordon alone seemed to outweigh all the Aldridge family's elites over the years.
"Since you already know, why did you call me here?" Kiran couldn't fathom why Gordon, knowing his ties to The Silent Shadows, had summoned him.
After a moment of contemplation, Kiran speculated, "You want the inner secrets of The Silent Shadows from me?"
Gordon chuckled softly. "Mr. Angelo, you're overthinking it. I simply promised Caelum I'd get you two back, so I used a little trick. Now that you're here, my mission’s accomplished."
Just as Gordon finished, Sandy's voice rang out from outside the door: "Brother!"
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