Chapter 14
Back in Greenwich, the security monitors in the Sterling estate command center blinked green across all thirty perimeter sectors.
Marcus Thorne walked quickly into the grand library where Clara and Arthur were reviewing structural blueprints.
"Mr. Sterling, Mrs. Vance, our satellite relays just picked up an unauthorized flight plan landing in Teterboro from Zurich," Marcus reported urgently.
Arthur stood up instantly, his hand resting on the secure desk console. "Who is on the manifest?"
"A private corporate jet registered to Apex Global, carrying an unregistered security detail," Marcus warned.
Clara didn't flinch; she calmly closed her laptop and walked over to the antique mahogany cabinet in the corner.
She opened the glass-paneled door, revealing a heavy brass security keypad built into the wooden paneling.
"They think they can intimidate me in my own home," Clara said softly, punching a twelve-digit override code into the keypad.
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A loud, mechanical click echoed through the library as the entire bookcase slid forward on heavy steel tracks.
Revealing a fully equipped tactical armory and command bunker concealed behind the wall.
