Chapter 21 - A Dark Warning From Prison
Late that night, long after Lianna and Austin had fallen asleep upstairs, Corbin sat in his home study reviewing final audit reports.
His encrypted desktop computer suddenly chimed, displaying an unsecure incoming transmission originating from a maximum-security federal penitentiary.
A single digital text file popped up on the center of his screen, bearing Uncle Richard’s encrypted digital signature block.
Corbin clicked open the document, expecting a bitter final plea for mercy or another hollow threat of legal retaliation.
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Instead, the cold, cryptic message made his blood run instantly cold in his veins:
“You think cutting down our tree solved everything, Corbin, but Julian’s patent wasn't stolen for money; it was built to conceal a classified military weapons grid, and the real owners are coming for Austin tonight...”
