Chapter 9 - Preston Caldwell’s Secret Connection To The Legendary Phantom Commander
Down in the underground Vanguard command bunker, Major Bishop stared at a classified intelligence file stamped with red top-secret seals.
He spun his chair around to face David Miller, who stood silently staring at a wall monitor displaying Nora’s stable hospital vitals.
“Commander, you need to see this decrypted financial wire originating from Preston Caldwell’s personal Swiss trust account,” Bishop said grimly.
David turned away from the monitor, walking slowly across the metallic grating toward Bishop’s central command station.
“What does it show?” David asked, his voice laced with the heavy iron discipline of a commanding officer in the field.
“It shows that Preston didn't just participate in the attack by accident; he was financed directly by the remnants of Viktor Caldwell’s syndicate,” Bishop explained.
“They wanted to draw me out of retirement by hurting the one person in this world I care about more than my own life,” David realized.
“And it worked. You’re back in play, Commander. But the syndicate thinks they can trap you in a predictable revenge loop,” Bishop warned.
“They built a trap, Major. But they forgot that I wrote the manual on how to dismantle underground syndicates,” David replied coldly.
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“What are your orders regarding Preston Caldwell?” Bishop asked, his fingers hovering over the command execution keys.
“Bring him in alive. I want to look him in the eyes and ask him if he remembers what happened to his uncle,” David ordered quietly.
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