Chapter 8 - Discovering the Hidden Financial Ledger
Clara reached into the lining of her worn leather travel bag, unzipping a hidden pocket concealed beneath the fabric.
She pulled out a small, waterproof metal capsule and handed it across the coffee table to Dante with trembling fingers.
Dante caught the capsule, unscrewing the heavy brass lid to reveal a folded paper key and a micro-encrypted flash drive.
“Gabriel gave me this the night before he disappeared into the warehouse district in Marseille,” Clara explained quietly.
Dante plugged the flash drive into his secure laptop resting on the side table, bypassing three firewalls with a master code.
A digital ledger materialized on the high-resolution screen, displaying millions of dollars in unauthorized offshore bank transfers.
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“These accounts belong to the senior council members,” Dante muttered, his eyes narrowing as familiar corporate names scrolled past.
“Your brother discovered they were embezzling syndicate funds to finance their private drug pipelines,” Clara added softly.
