Chapter 18 - The Syndicate Connection
From deep within federal custody, Eleanor managed to send a coded letter through an corrupt prison guard to Manhattan.
The letter was delivered to a private skyscraper on Park Avenue, home to an underground criminal consortium known as "The Apex Group."
Apex was led by a ruthless 50-year-old billionaire named Victor Sterling, Senator Sterling's older brother.
Victor sat behind his desk, holding the letter that demanded the immediate elimination of Mark Vance and his daughter.
"Eleanor's failure threatens our entire New England network," Victor said coldly to his chief security commander.
"If Mark Vance testifies at the federal grand jury next week, our entire Wall Street clearing operation collapses," he added.
Victor opened a desk drawer, pulling out a satellite phone paired to an elite private mercenary unit stationed in Canada.
"Send six men across the Maine border tonight," Victor ordered into the receiver. "Leave no survivors at the Bar Harbor cabin."
The mercenary leader acknowledged the order, mounting high-powered rifles onto two black snowmobiles parked in the Quebec wilderness.
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A storm was approaching Maine, setting the stage for a deadly showdown deep in the frozen northern woods.
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