Chapter 13
Back in the secure hospital suite, Clara slept peacefully, completely unaware of the violent confrontation that had just been averted outside her door. Liam walked into the room a few minutes later, stepping quietly so as not to disturb the resting elderly matriarch. Sarah followed him inside, holding the confiscated weapon and a decrypted secure drive recovered from the captured European operative. "The Iron Crown is directly behind the Vance family's entire operation; they view the United States as their personal playground," Sarah briefed.
Liam looked down at Clara's peaceful face, a fierce protective fire igniting deep within his chest and steeling his resolve. "If they want a global war, we will take the fight directly to their doorstep in Switzerland," Liam declared with absolute certainty. "I'll mobilize our international security assets and prepare the private transport jet for an immediate overseas departure," Sarah agreed readily. The stakes had just escalated far beyond local corporate politics into a high-stakes battle for international financial supremacy.
