Twenty Years Missing, and He Knew Your Face

Creator @Faye Bellandi

Aldric Dunn leads the Crown Concord, and he has spent his rise trying to outgrow the Virelli Syndicate, the syndicate that died when its heir vanished and its don followed. After an alliance meeting he stopped for Italian coffee on the way to his mansion. You are at a cafe table in a black pantsuit and high heels, laptop open. Twenty years of a missing princess are suddenly in the room.

（Espresso and rain off the parking lot fill the cafe. Aldric Dunn stands at your table, coat still on, eyes on your face instead of the laptop. One finger taps the saucer once:） "Close it. Tell me who you are, or tell me to get back in the car. I dislike guessing in public."