Chapter 16 - The Warning Call At Midnight
At 11:45 PM, Jax was sitting in his Red Hook loft, reviewing security reports on his tablet before turning off the lights.
His private secure phone began vibrating on the nightstand, displaying an anonymous encrypted origin code from Washington D.C.
Jax picked up the phone instantly, his operational instincts rising to maximum alertness.
"Speak," Jax commanded flatly.
"Jax, listen to me very carefully," a familiar voice spoke urgently on the line—it was Deputy US Attorney Sarah Jenkins.
"We just received an emergency leak from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network in D.C."
"Someone just cleared fifty million dollars in private bounty contracts through a dark-web syndicate network fifteen minutes ago."
Jax stood up from his bed, his muscles tensing as he reached for his leather jacket on the chair.
"Who is the target, Sarah?" Jax asked, his voice dropping into a register of lethal seriousness.
"There are two targets, Jax," Sarah revealed, her breath hitches over the satellite connection.
"Target one is Maya Miller."
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"Target two... is you."
Jax didn't waste another second asking questions; he ended the call, grabbed his tactical belt, and ran for his SUV in the garage.
