Chapter 21 - A Mysterious Black Box Arrives At Her Pentagon Office
Late one quiet Friday evening, while working late in her secure office at the Pentagon, a courier delivered a heavy, unmarked black box to Elena's desk. There was no return address or postal stamp, only an embossed metallic seal from an international Swiss bank archive.
Elena brought the package close, placed it under her desk lamp, and used her tactical knife to break the heavy wax seal. Inside lay an old encrypted flash drive and a handwritten note in ink that made her blood run cold instantly:
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“Colonel Hale, your mother and Sterling were only hiding the surface... the true architect of your father’s military research is coming to claim the files next week.”
Elena slowly raised her eyes toward the dark window overlooking the Potomac River as a pair of black luxury sedans rolled silently into the secure parking garage...
