Cocaina

MENIDI – THE GREEN VILLA 12:59 A.M., DECEMBER 1ST A white, unmarked van pulls into the villa. Third time this week. In the heart of Menidi, behind shuttered windows and a silent façade... lives a monster wearing the mask of a saint. His name is Philippos Nikolaou. Psychiatrist. Philanthropist. Protector of stray animals. He cares for his mother, a woman with dementia who has not stepped outside in over ten years. To the world? A hero. To Verone? A butcher in a white coat with a blackened soul. The villa carries heavy history. His grandfather, a physician and collector, was rumored to be an assistant to Dr. Mike Stroud during the Transglobe Expedition. Ever since, he brought back strange objects. Relics with no origin. Artifacts from places that no longer appear on any map...