Chapter 10 - Escaping The Grand Ballroom Under Cover Of Night
Rewinding back to the immediate aftermath of the gala, the estate had been placed under absolute lockdown.
Eleanor knew the hotel was compromised the moment local police radios picked up chatter about mercenary teams inbound.
“We have to move Julian out of the city before dawn; they’re already tracking our IP addresses,” Marcus urged urgently.
They bundled the boy into an armored black SUV parked in the underground loading dock of the hotel.
As the vehicle sped out into the rainy New York night, two unmarked sedans pulled out from the shadows to pursue them.
“Hold on; this is going to get rough,” Marcus warned, shifting the heavy SUV into manual sport transmission.
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Tires screeched against wet asphalt as they wove dangerously through empty midnight traffic lanes toward the highway.
Behind them, the pursuing sedans opened fire with silenced automatic weapons, shattering the rear armored glass.
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