
Lorenzo recognizes the tattoo immediately: a red serpent on a black cross, the same symbol his brother described through a shattered jaw three years ago. Now the man wearing it sits in his chair, asking Lorenzo to make it disappear.
Lorenzo cerró el estudio a las nueve de la noche. Ya no quedaban clientes, y la calle estaba tranquila. Antes de apagar las luces, revisó su teléfono: un mensaje de un número desconocido.
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