Chapter 21 - The New Threat
Suddenly, the satellite phone in the briefcase began to ring, its high-pitched chime echoing off the workshop walls.
Mark picked up the phone, pressing the speaker button while Jim stepped closer to listen.
A deep, distorted voice spoke through the speaker with calm, sinister authority:
"Hello, Captain Sterling. It seems you've received my care package."
"Who is this?" Mark demanded, his tone dropping into a icy, lethal register.
"I am the man who hired Victor Vance... and the man who paid your mother to betray your daughter," the voice replied.
"You have twenty-four hours to bring Sarah's brass key to the Grand Central Station terminal in New York," the voice instructed.
"If you fail to appear, the secondary protocol activates, and little Lily's new location will be leaked to our contacts."
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The line went dead with a harsh electronic click, leaving the workshop in absolute, chilling silence.
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