Chapter 11 - A Secret Safehouse Prepared Deep In The Woods
Miles away from the harbor, deep within the heavily wooded hills of Massachusetts, another facility hummed in darkness.
Operatives in black tactical gear unloaded heavy crates of encrypted document servers inside a subterranean bunker.
This was Gabriel’s primary command center, hidden beneath an abandoned Cold War communications relay station.
On the main tactical display wall, satellite feeds tracked Victoria’s frantic movements across the freezing city streets.
“She’s heading toward the old family estate on the cape, sir,” a tactical officer reported without turning around.
Gabriel stood before the glowing monitors via a secure video link from the harbor safehouse.
“Let her go there; the estate is currently designated as a federal asset forfeiture zone,” Gabriel ordered.
“Should we deploy the extraction unit to pick her up before she destroys any more evidence?” the officer asked.
“Negative. Give her enough rope to hang herself with the remaining documents in the study,” Gabriel instructed firmly.
He glanced back toward the bedroom where Elena was finally resting peacefully after a harrowing day.
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The storm outside was growing fiercer, mirroring the violent tempest brewing within the highest tiers of American power.
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