Chapter 24 - The Betrayal at Liberty Street
"Hand over the glass drive, Captain Sterling," Colonel Vance commanded, his weapon trained steadily on Mark's chest.
The bank official backed away slowly, throwing his hands in the air as the armed men surrounded the vault corridor.
"You're a traitor to your uniform, Colonel," Mark stated coldly, stepping in front of the open safety box.
"Uniforms are temporary, Mark. Power is permanent," Colonel Vance retorted with a dark, cynical smile.
"Your late wife was brilliant, but she didn't understand how the real world works," the Colonel added arrogance.
"She thought she could hide this software from us forever," he sneered, taking two steps forward.
Mark looked at the reflective surface of the steel vault door behind the Colonel, calculating his tactical angles.
He feigned reaching into his suit jacket to hand over the drive, then slammed the heavy steel safety box door shut.
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The loud metallic boom echoed off the vault walls, momentarily deafening the gunmen in the enclosed space.
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